Property tailorability for advanced CVI silicon carbide composites for fusion

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 81, Issue 8-14 PART B, 2006, Pages 937-944

  Katoh, Y ^a   Nozawa, T ^a   Snead, L L ^a   Hinoki, T ^b   Kohyama, A ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blanket material; Electrical conductivity; Mechanical property; SiC SiC composite; Thermal conductivity; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

FUSION REACTORS; INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL STRESS; VAPORS;

BLANKET MATERIAL; STRENGTH PROPERTIES;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 32544443062     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.08.045     Document Type: Article

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