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plates or complex shapes conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g cont<strong>in</strong>uous-<strong>fiber</strong>-re<strong>in</strong>forced<br />

materials; <strong>the</strong>refore, o<strong>the</strong>r more versatile techniques have been explored.<br />

Impregnation with polymeric <strong>ceramic</strong> precursors has seen limited<br />

success (27).<br />

The process<strong>in</strong>g techniques are similar to those developed<br />

for <strong>the</strong> production <strong>of</strong> carbon-carbon composites. The pyrolysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

organometallic precursors to a fully dense <strong>ceramic</strong> is a complicated<br />

process that is accompanied by 1.arge volume changes. Multiple impregnations<br />

are necessary to obta<strong>in</strong> reasonable (77% <strong>the</strong>oretical) densities.<br />

Ano<strong>the</strong>r disadvantage is that <strong>the</strong> polymers are also used <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

manufacture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>fiber</strong>s; thus, chemical <strong>in</strong>teractions dur<strong>in</strong>g pyrolysis<br />

are <strong>of</strong> great concern.<br />

Reaction bond<strong>in</strong>g is ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g t

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