Composite article including silicon oxycarbide layer

1. A composite article comprising:

a substrate;

at least one protective layer on the substrate; and

an intermediate layer between the at least one protective layer and the substrate, the intermediate layer including dense silicon oxycarbide, the dense silicon oxycarbide being an amorphous compound and having an average composition of SiO x C y , where x<2 and y>0.

2. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one protective layer is free of metallic silicon or a metallic alloy.

3. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes hafnium.

4. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes yttrium.

5. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes molybdenum.

6. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes at least one of silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

7. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes greater than 50 vol. % of the dense silicon oxycarbide.

8. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes 70-100 vol. % of the dense silicon oxycarbide.

9. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one protective layer includes an oxide ceramic.

10. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a silicon-containing material.

11. A composite article comprising:

a substrate including a silicon-containing material;

at least one protective layer on the substrate, the at least one protective layer being free of any layers that contain at least one of metallic silicon or a metallic alloy; and

an intermediate layer between the at least one protective layer and the substrate, the intermediate layer including regions of silicon oxycarbide that are dispersed within a matrix, and the regions of silicon oxycarbide are in direct contact with intermediate regions interposed between the regions of silicon oxycarbide and the matrix.

12. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the silicon oxycarbide is dense silicon oxycarbide.

13. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the intermediate layer includes a material selected from a group consisting of hafnium, yttrium, silicon dioxide, molybdenum, silicon carbide and combinations thereof.

14. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the intermediate layer includes a material selected from a group consisting of a refractory metal silicate, a rare earth metal silicate and combinations thereof.

15. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the at least one protective layer includes an oxide ceramic.

16. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the intermediate layer includes a plurality of regions of silicon oxycarbide that are distributed within a matrix region that includes at least one of hafnium, yttrium or molybdenum, and an intermediate region between the plurality of regions of silicon oxycarbide and the matrix region, the intermediate region including at least one of silicon dioxide or silicon carbide.

17. The composite article as recited in claim 1 , wherein the average composition of the silicon oxycarbide is SiO 1.3 C.

18. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the intermediate regions respectively surround the regions of the silicon oxycarbide.

19. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the matrix is a rare earth oxide.

20. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the matrix includes yttria.

21. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the matrix includes hafnia.

22. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the matrix is a rare earth silicate.

23. The composite article as recited in claim 22 , wherein the rare earth silicate has a ratio, by mole content, of rare earth element to silica between 1:0.8 and 1:4.

24. The composite article as recited in claim 22 , wherein the rare earth silicate includes hafnium silicate.

25. The composite article as recited in claim 22 , wherein the rare earth silicate includes zirconium silicate.

26. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the matrix is a refractory metal silicate, wherein the refractory metal is selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, zirconium, hafnium, ruthenium, osmium, iridium and combinations thereof.

27. The composite article as recited in claim 11 , wherein the intermediate regions include a material that is not found in the matrix and the regions of silicon oxycarbide.