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Silicon carbide reinforced reaction bonded silicon carbide composite
Assignee: Unifrax I LLC
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Filing: 1992-03-17
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Granted: 1994-03-22
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Expires: 2012-03-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides silicon carbide fiber-reinforced, reaction-bonded silicon carbide composites suitable for high temperature applications in which the silicon carbide fiber is coated with AlN, BN or TiB 2 . The composites offer superior fracture toughness which is ascribed to fiber pullout. The invention also includes a process for making the composites.
Inventors
- 👤 Carl H. McMurtry
- 👤 Sa-Kwing Lau
- 👤 Gajawalli V. Srinivasan
- 👤 Stephen Chwastiak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 13:25
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/626; C04B35/628; C04B35/62844; C04B35/62857; C04B35/62865; C04B35/515; C04B35/56; C04B35/565; C04B35/573; C04B35/624; C04B35/62605; C04B35/62625; C04B35/6263; C04B35/62868; C04B35/62884; C04B35/62897; C04B35/63; C04B35/6303; C04B35/6316; C04B35/71; C04B35/78; C04B35/80; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/30; C04B2235/32; C04B2235/3217; C04B2235/34; C04B2235/3427; C04B2235/38; C04B2235/3817; C04B2235/3826; C04B2235/46; C04B2235/50; C04B2235/52; C04B2235/5208; C04B2235/5216; C04B2235/524; C04B2235/5244; C04B2235/60; C04B2235/616; C04B2235/70; C04B2235/96; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2918; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/294; Y10T428/2956; Y10T428/2958
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
73 words
A silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite which is thermally stable to 1420° C. comprising: a reaction bonded silicon carbide matrix; a silicon carbide fiber reinforcement and an aluminum nitride interface coating about 0.1 to about 15 microns thick on said fibers said coating having chemical and mechanical compatibility with said silicon carbide matrix and said silicon carbide fibers; wherein said silicon carbide fibers pull-out from said silicon carbide matrix upon fracture.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
73 words
A silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite which is thermally stable to 1420° C. comprising: a reaction bonded silicon carbide matrix; a silicon carbide fiber reinforcement and an aluminum nitride interface coating about 0.1 to about 15 microns thick on said fibers said coating having chemical and mechanical compatibility with said silicon carbide matrix and said silicon carbide fibers; wherein said silicon carbide fibers pull-out from said silicon carbide matrix upon fracture.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite of claim 1 containing up to about 44 volume percent coated silicon carbide fibers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A silicon carbide fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite of claim 2 containing about 40 volume percent fiber.
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