SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGHLY ORIENTED FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC COMPOSITES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Ceramics Process Systems
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED WHERE FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC-CERAMIC COMPOSITES ARE FABRICATED USING A DIRECTIONAL PRECIPITATION PROCESS. THE SIC-ALN SYSTEM IS PROPOSED AS THE MODEL SYSTEM TO DEVELOP THIS PROCESS. THE SIC-ALN SYSTEM EXHIBITS A COMPLETE SOLID SOLUTION AT HIGH TEMPERATURES WHICH PHASE SEPARATES AT LOWER TEMPERATURES. THIS PHASE SEPARATION CAN BE CONTROLLED TO YIELD HIGHLY OBTAINED SIC FIBERS EMBEDDED IN AN ALN MATRIX OR VICE VERSA.
Technology keywords
Not reported