Abstract Excellent elasticity and thermal stability are both essential for the applications of ultra-high temperature sealing materials. Since strain-stiffening behavior guarantees the materials can sustain large strains without initiation of… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Excellent elasticity and thermal stability are both essential for the applications of ultra-high temperature sealing materials. Since strain-stiffening behavior guarantees the materials can sustain large strains without initiation of irreversible defects, seeking for strain-stiffening materials with good thermal stability is significant for the development of thermal sealing at ultra-high temperatures. Strain-stiffening behaviors of crystalline Y 2 B 3 C 2 , a new member of ultra-high temperature ceramics, are predicted under (010)[001] and (010)[100] shear deformation. The moduli against these two shears are extremely low at first, but gradually increase to handsome values of 62 and 101 GPa. The ultra-high ideal shear strain and considerable ideal stress indicate the promising applications of Y 2 B 3 C 2 in thermal sealing at ultra-high temperatures. It is noticed that the strain-stiffening effect is originated from the deformable planar B-C network. The special bonding features in the CBC-chain are found to be responsible for the easy distortion of the covalent network.
               
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