Silicon-doped boron nitride coated fibers in silicon melt infiltrated composites

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872514

Corman, Gregory Scot ^[1]; Luthra, Krishan Lal ^[2]

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1. Ballston Lake, NY
2. Schenectady, NY

A fiber-reinforced silicon--silicon carbide matrix composite having improved oxidation resistance at high temperatures in dry or water-containing environments is produced. The invention also provides a method for protecting the reinforcing fibers in the silicon--silicon carbide matrix composites by coating the fibers with a silicon-doped boron nitride coating.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Boston, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC02-92CE41000
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 5952100
• OSTI ID: 872514
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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