Accession Number:

ADA326194

Title:

Intermetallic Matrix Composites via in-situ Displacement Reactions.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE DEPT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Kaufman, Michael

Report Date:

1997-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

Among the obstacles encountered in the development of intermetallic matrix composites are 1 the thermodynamic and mechanical incompatibility between the matrix and reinforcement phases and 2 the matrix reinforcement interfacial properties which are not ideal from the standpoint of achieving optimum properties in the composite as a whole. In the past, the first of these problems has been addressed by coating the reinforcements with some sort of barrier or compliant layer before their introduction into the matrix. The various coating methods investigated sol-gel, CVD, PVD tend to be expensive, time consuming and unreliable with respect to producing sound coatings. This research program was initially concentrated on identifying more cost effective and reliable schemes for developing the requisite coatings. The basic approach is to identify simple processing schemes whereby a beneficial reaction product or products is produced in-situ at the interfaces between the matrix and reinforcement during consolidation or subsequent heat treatment. As the research evolved, greater focus was placed on the need to achieve a better understanding of microstructural evolution during in-situ displacement reactions and on the correlation between the evolved microstructures and the mechanical properties.

Descriptors:

• *MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• *MICROSTRUCTURE
• *REINFORCEMENT(STRUCTURES)
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• INTERFACES
• SILICON DIOXIDE
• THERMODYNAMICS
• POWDERS
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• TEST METHODS
• METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
• GRAIN SIZE
• HEAT TREATMENT
• SILICIDES
• GRAIN STRUCTURES(METALLURGY)
• INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
• BARRIER COATINGS
• DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Laminates and Composite Materials
• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE