α-Silicon carbide/β-silicon carbide particulate composites via polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) processing using polymethylsilane

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-451

  Nechanicky, Mark A ^a   Chew, Kean W ^a   Sellinger, Alan ^a   Laine, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Polymer infiltration; Polymethylsilane; Precursors organic; SiC

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSILANES; PYROLYSIS; SILICON CARBIDE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

POLYMETHYLSILANE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0033892071     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(99)00177-6     Document Type: Article

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