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Thermostructural composite articles and method for making same

US5733655A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1995
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/614
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A thermostructural composite article and a method for making in which the article comprises silicon carbide reinforcing fibers having an oxygen content by weight of not more than about 14% and an average diameter of less than about 20 microns in a refractory matrix at least partially formed by chemical vapor infiltration. The fibers in the composite article of the invention have an end-to-end fiber diameter uniformity ratio of less than about 1.5.

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