Precursor Derived Ceramic Method to Fabricate SiC Ceramic Composite Coatings on Metallic Substrates

In this paper, the polymer precursor derived ceramic (PDC) method, that was used to fabricate the silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic composite coatings on metallic substrates, was briefly summarized. Two different fabrication mechanism of ceramic coatings by PDC method were mainly introduced. One was that Al powder as the active fillers converted into AlN due to the action with N2. The other was that Al powder as the active fillers converted into Al2O3 due to the action with O2. So fabrication mechanism of ceramic coatings by PDC method would be still the research focus in the future. Compared with the other methods, the advantages and disadvantages of PDC method preparing ceramic coatings were displayed. According to the existent problems and future development direction of PDC method, the key research objectives were presented.