Project Title:

Ceramic Fiber/Ceramic Matrix Composites

04.05-5911
Ceramic Fiber/Ceramic Matrix Composites
Fiber Materials Inc.
Biddeford Industrial Park
Biddeford
ME
04005
Cox
M. K.
NAS2-12449
Amount:471,000
ARC
NAS2-12104

Abstract:

   Various types of ceramic fiber/ceramic matrix composites have been successfullyfabricated using novel materials and processing methods.  The material developed
is a durable and lightweight composite with temperature capability of 2000 deg F.
 It consists of woven ceramic fibers impregnated with a preceramic polymer which
forms silicon carbide after pyrolysis.  The material properties of these ceramic
composites are comparable to a four directional carbon-carbon while the resistance
to oxidation is much greater for the ceramic than the carbon-carbon.

Process development parts, which will undergo various processing schedules will be
screened to choose a candidate material for full scale fabrication to define the
mechanical and thermal properties along with studies concerning matrix formation.