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Title: Method of making sintered ductile intermetallic-bonded ceramic composites

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6441689

A method of making an intermetallic-bonded ceramic composite involves combining a particulate brittle intermetallic precursor with a particulate reactant metal and a particulate ceramic to form a mixture and heating the mixture in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to react the brittle intermetallic precursor and the reactant metal to form a ductile intermetallic and sinter the mixture to form a ductile intermetallic-bonded ceramic composite. 2 figs.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5905937; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 9-003374
OSTI ID:
6441689
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 6 Jan 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English