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Title: Method for improving the toughness of silicon carbide-based ceramics

Patent ·
OSTI ID:870713

Method of improving the toughness of SiC-based ceramics. SiC, , AlN, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and optionally .alpha.-Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 are hot pressed to form a material which includes AlN polytypoids within its structure.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
Assignee:
Regents Of University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Patent Number(s):
US 5580510
OSTI ID:
870713
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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