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efractory phase companied with a much smaller matrix particle size, if the more<br />

refractory phase in the densified FGM may be discontinuous. 72<br />

Pushing this idea further, the matrix material may be uniformly coated on the<br />

refractory particles, thus preventing the formation of contacts between refractory particles.<br />

This strategy has been used to speed the densification of ceramic composites 73 to retard<br />

densification of BT-Ni composites, 74 to produce a functionally graded transition from 0<br />

to 80 % TiN in Ni. 72 Also, the sintering rates in coated inclusion-based composites did<br />

not vary significantly with the inclusion volume fraction. 73 Using this approach,<br />

densification kinetics of the FGM can be relatively uniform. Therefore, it is possible to<br />

create significant refractory volume fraction variations via matrix densification only.<br />

68

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