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utiliz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> comparatively low-temperature low-stress process <strong>of</strong><br />

chemical-vapor deposition (CVD).<br />

Porous, fibrous structures are<br />

densified by <strong>in</strong>filtrat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> substrates w ith vapors that deposit as<br />

solid phases on <strong>and</strong> arourid <strong>the</strong> <strong>fiber</strong>s to form <strong>the</strong> <strong>matrix</strong>.<br />

CVD has beer, employed to farm <strong>the</strong> <strong>matrix</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>fiber</strong>-re<strong>in</strong>forced <strong>ceramic</strong><br />

composites (30-39).<br />

Matrices <strong>of</strong> Sic, Si3N4, EqC, BN, <strong>and</strong> TiB2 havr<br />

exhibited good mechanical properties, but <strong>the</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g times have bcsii<br />

extremely long (weeks). Three types <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>Liltrntion methods have been<br />

used to fabricate Eiber-re<strong>in</strong>forced <strong>ceramic</strong> composites: (1) an iso<strong>the</strong>rms:<br />

process <strong>in</strong> which gases diffuse <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> preform, (2) R <strong>the</strong>rmal-gradient<br />

process <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> gases diffuse <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> fibrous body, <strong>and</strong> (3) an<br />

iso<strong>the</strong>rmal process <strong>in</strong> which <strong>the</strong> gases are forced thresimgh <strong>the</strong> subst~ate by<br />

a pressure gradient.<br />

The result<strong>in</strong>g composites possesscd impra-ged<br />

mechanical behavior compared with unre<strong>in</strong>forced munolichic <strong>ceramic</strong>s, but<br />

<strong>the</strong> long process<strong>in</strong>g times are costly.

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