Processing and Microstructure Development of Titanium Carbide-Nickel Aluminide Composites Prepared by Melt Infiltration/Sintering (MIS)

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-61

  Plucknett, Kevin P ^a,b   Becher, Paul F ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BINDERS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GRAIN GROWTH; INFILTRATION; MELTING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHASE COMPOSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SINTERING; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

INFILTRATION KINETICS; MELT INFILTRATION SINTERING; NICKEL ALUMINIDE;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0035241518     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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