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Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon Carbide Composites (C/SiC, C/C-SiC)

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Handbook of Ceramic Composites

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Ceramic matrix composites (CMC), based on reinforcements of carbon fibres and matrices of silicon carbide (called C/SiC or C/C-SiC composites) represent a relatively new class of structural materials. In the last few years new manufacturing processes and materials have been developed. Short fibre reinforcements, cheap polymer precursors and liquid phase processes reduced the costs by almost one order of magnitude in comparison to first generation C/SiC composites which were originally developed for space and military applications. Besides high mass specific properties and high thermal stability, functional properties like low thermal expansion and good tribological behaviour play an increasing importance for new commercial applications like brake disks and pads, clutches, calibration plates or furnace charging devices.

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Krenkel, W. (2005). Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon Carbide Composites (C/SiC, C/C-SiC). In: Bansal, N.P. (eds) Handbook of Ceramic Composites. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23986-3_6

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