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Title: Method of producing an internal cavity in a ceramic matrix composite

Abstract

A process for producing an internal cavity in a CMC article and mandrels used therewith. The process entails incorporating a mandrel made of a fusible material that is melted and drained during a thermal treatment of a CMC preform to form the CMC article. The mandrel material is preferably non-wetting and non-reactive with any constituents of the CMC preform during the thermal treatment. The mandrel is preferably tin or an alloy of tin.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1462180
Patent Number(s):
10,011,043
Application Number:
13/780,584
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Schenectady, NY)
DOE Contract Number:  
FC26-05NT42643
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Gray, Paul Edward, Roberts, III, Herbert Chidsey, Taxacher, Glenn Curtis, and Walker, Sheena Kum Foster. Method of producing an internal cavity in a ceramic matrix composite. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Gray, Paul Edward, Roberts, III, Herbert Chidsey, Taxacher, Glenn Curtis, & Walker, Sheena Kum Foster. Method of producing an internal cavity in a ceramic matrix composite. United States.
Gray, Paul Edward, Roberts, III, Herbert Chidsey, Taxacher, Glenn Curtis, and Walker, Sheena Kum Foster. 2018. "Method of producing an internal cavity in a ceramic matrix composite". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462180.
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