Spontaneous infiltration of aluminum-silicon alloy into silicon carbide preforms in air

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 102-108

  Xi, Xiao Mei ^a   Yang, Xiao Feng ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFILTRATION; LIQUID METALS; SILICON CARBIDE;

ALUMINUM SILICON ALLOY; SPONTANEOUS INFILTRATION;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0001740914     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb07886.x     Document Type: Article

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