Journal of Materials Research
November 2005— Volume 20, Number 11

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Creep rupture induced silica-based nanofibers formed on fracture surfaces of Ti3SiC2 Z.M. Sun Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nagoya 463-8560, Japan T.J. Zhen and M.W. Barsoum Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

After creep failure at 1300 °C, silica-based nanofibers with diameters of ~250 nm and lengths of up to a few tens of microns were observed on the fracture surfaces of Ti₃SiC₂. A possible mechanism for the formation of these fibers is proposed.

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