Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Microstructures of Ablative Materials for Thermal Protection

JIANG Wei-Hui1; ZHOU Jian-Er1; HU Xing-Fang2; WU Guo-Ting3   

  1. 1. Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute; Jingdezhen 333001; China; 2. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; CAS; Shanghai 200050, China; 3. Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering; Beijing 100086; China
  • Received:2001-10-24 Revised:2001-01-18 Published:2002-11-20 Online:2002-11-20

Abstract: The microstructures of two ablative materials were studied. The results show that the silica fiber
glass in No.1 ablative material remains unchanged after the simulative ablation, and proper combination of the fiber glass with different
diameters leads to increase in packing density, which not only makes the ablative material possess high mechanic strength, but also improves
its thermal insulation at high temperature. No.2 ablative material has the honeycomb structure. The honeycomb is filled with hollow glass
pellets of 50~100μm in diameter. Due to this special structure, No.2 ablative material is characterized by low density and high thermal
insulation.

Key words: ablative material, microstructure, thermal protection

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