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Auger depth pr<strong>of</strong>ile <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> surface o.€ Nicalon <strong>fiber</strong>s<br />

heated to 1G75 K <strong>in</strong> argon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Details <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chemical-vapor-<strong>in</strong>filtration furnace for <strong>the</strong><br />

densificacion <strong>of</strong> fibrous preforms usi.ng <strong>the</strong> FCVI process . .<br />

Details <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> water-cooled gas di-stributor . . . . . . . .<br />

Schemati-c <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>filt.ration system . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Photograph <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>fi1trat:ion furnace . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Graphite reta<strong>in</strong>er conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g pla<strong>in</strong>-weave cloth layers . . .<br />

Location <strong>of</strong> test specimens with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> composite sample . . .<br />

The features <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fracture surfaces analyzed us<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Auger spectroscopy: (a> bulk <strong>fiber</strong>, (b) <strong>fiber</strong> surface,<br />

(c) pull-out groove, <strong>and</strong> (d) <strong>matrix</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Photographs oE <strong>the</strong> load<strong>in</strong>g frame <strong>and</strong> fixtures used<br />

?n <strong>the</strong> tensile technique for <strong>the</strong> measurement <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>terfa(-i a1 stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

The gas distributor redesigned to accommodate coat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> center section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>fiber</strong>s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Sic-<strong>in</strong>filtrated Nicalnn sample before be<strong>in</strong>g removed<br />

from holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Kcpresentative cross section <strong>of</strong> a sample with an<br />

apparent density <strong>of</strong> 85% <strong>the</strong>oretical. . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

Load-displacement curves <strong>and</strong> fract-ure surfaces OC<br />

specimens conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Nicalon <strong>fiber</strong>s coated with Sic:<br />

(a) CVI-178, uncoated <strong>fiber</strong>s; (b) CVI-173, Sic from<br />

methylsilane; <strong>and</strong> (c) CVL-176, Sic from methylsilane . . . .<br />

AES analysis <strong>of</strong> fracture surface features for an<br />

Sic composite specimen fabricated from untreated<br />

Nicalon <strong>fiber</strong>s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

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10.5. AES znalysis <strong>of</strong> fracture surface features for an Sic<br />

composite specimen conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Nicalon <strong>fiber</strong>s coated<br />

with an <strong>in</strong>termediate Sic layer deposited at 1125 K . . . . .<br />

10.6. A th<strong>in</strong>, translucent. layer observed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> pull-out grooves<br />

<strong>of</strong> fractured composite specimens fabricated from uncoated<br />

Niealon<strong>fiber</strong>s. ......................<br />

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