NT-SiC (New-Technology Silicon Carbide): Φ 650mm optical space mirror substrate of high-strength reaction-sintered silicon carbide

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5868, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Suyama, Shoko ^a   Itoh, Yoshiyasu ^a   Tsuno, Katsuhiko ^b   Ohno, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Full dense; Good shape capability; High strength; Lightweight; Low processing temperature; Mirror substrate; NTSIC; Reaction sintering; Silicon carbide; Space telescope

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MIRRORS; SINTERING; SPACE TELESCOPES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FULL DENSE; GOOD SHAPE STABILITY; NTSIC; REACTION-SINTERING;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 29144512259     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.616043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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