摘要:
A composite comprised of reinforcement fibers having a continuous coating of a metal nitride wherein the metal is from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, and mixtures thereof, and a molten silicon infiltration formed silicon carbide matrix. The reinforcement fibers are fibers from the group consisting of elemental carbon, silicon carbide, and mixtures thereof. A method of forming the composite comprises depositing a continuous coating of the metal nitride on the fibers. A carbonaceous material is admixed with the coated fibers so that at least 5 volume percent of the mixture is the coated fibers. The mixture is formed into a preform having an open porosity ranging from about 25 volume percent to about 90 volume percent of the preform. The preform is heated in an inert atmosphere or partial vacuum, and infiltrated with molten silicon to produce an infiltrated product having the composition of the composite.
摘要:
A composite comprised of reinforcement fibers having a continuous coating of a metal carbide wherein the metal is from the group consisting of titanium, hafnium, zirconium, tantalum, and mixtures thereof, and a molten silicon infiltration formed silicon carbide matrix. The reinforcement fibers are fibers from the group consisting of elemental carbon, silicon carbide, and mixtures thereof. A method of forming the composite comprises depositing a continuous coating of the metal carbide on the fibers. A carbonaceous material is admixed with the coated fibers so that at least 5 volume percent of the mixture is the coated fibers. The mixture is formed into a preform having an open porosity ranging from about 25 volume percent to about 90 volume percent of the preform. The preform is heated in an inert atmosphere or partial vacuum, and infiltrated with molten silicon to produce an infiltrated product having the composition of the composite.
摘要:
A composite is comprised of reinforcement fibers having a continuous coating with a first layer of a metal oxide wherein the metal is from the group consisting of aluminum, yttrium, titanium, zirconium, beryllium, silicon, and the rare earths, and a molten silicon infiltration formed silicon carbide matrix. The coating may have a second layer from the group consisting of rhodium, iridium, metal carbide, metal silicide, metal nitride, and metal diboride, on the metal oxide coating, The reinforcement fibers being fibers from the group consisting of elemental carbon, silicon carbide, and mixtures thereof. A process for producing the fiber reinforced composite comprises depositing on the fibers a continuous coating comprised of the first layer of the metal oxide, and the second layer. A carbonaceous material is admixed with the coated fibers so that at least 5 volume percent of the mixture is the fibers. The mixture is formed into a preform having an open porosity ranging from about 25 volume percent to about 90 volume percent of the preform. The preform is heated in an inert atmosphere or partial vacuum, and infiltrated with molten silicon to produce an infiltrated product having the composition of the composite.
摘要:
High pressure sodium lamps have been subject to progressive reduction in pressure of contained sodium with attendant reduction in lighting quality. It has now been discovered that modification of lamp components permits the pressure of contained sodium to be maintained at higher levels. Emission materials enclosed within the lamp are altered to limit reactive oxygen in the lamp atmosphere. A thermionic electrode is equipped with an improved emission mix composition as illustrated in areas A and B of the triaxial plot of Figure 3 and an oxygen getter is intermixed with the mix composition. The oxygen getter is a metal which forms a highly stable oxide and may be at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, tantalum and yttrium.
摘要:
An environmental barrier coating (10) for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat (30) that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer (25, 27, 29) is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE 2 Si 2 O 7 . A protective layer (36) is bonded to the intermediate layer and has a general composition of RE 2 SiO 5 . A surface layer (38) is bonded to the protective layer. The surface layer includes RE and has a ratio of RE to oxygen of at least 2:3.
摘要:
A material and an article comprising the material are disclosed. The material comprises a plurality of structural components (100). The structural components (100) are configured in a series of increasing structural component size classes. The series has a base unit size class (102) and at least one modular size class (104), and a component of the at least one modular size class (104) comprises a plurality of components of the next smaller size class in the series. The structural components of the base unit size class (102) comprise at least one bulk phase (103), and the structural components (100) are bonded together at interfaces (112). Mechanical damage originating within a modular size class structural component (104) is energetically favored to propagate in a distributed fashion among the plurality of structural components contained within the modular size class structural component (104).
摘要:
A coating for silicon based materials such as those used in high temperature, aqueous environments. An aspect of the invention is directed to an article including a silicon based substrate, a bond coat comprising silicon, and a barrier coat. The barrier coat includes an aluminate such as an alkaline earth metal aluminate or a rare earth aluminate. The barrier coat may be an intermediate coat between the bond coat and a top coat, or it may be the top coat.