High temperature fiber, method of making and high temperature fiber composites

A method of making a high temperature fiber comprising:

• chemically bonding material to a fiber template at a first temperature to form a precursor fiber, the material bonded to the fiber template having a thickness greater than a radius of the fiber template;
• and
• processing the precursor fiber at a second temperature to form the high temperature fiber;
• wherein the first temperature does not equal the second temperature, and the first temperature is 250° C. to 500° C.;
• wherein the high temperature fiber is a fiber which maintains shape and integrity at temperatures greater than or equal to 800° C.;
• and
• wherein processing the precursor fiber to form the high temperature fiber further comprises additional chemical reactions, alterations to microstructure, alterations to crystalline phases, alterations to grain size, or combinations thereof;
• wherein the fiber template comprises aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide, titanium dioxide, mullite, aluminosilicate, zirconium oxide, yttrium aluminum garnet, SiC, SiNC, SiOC, SiCNO, SiBCN, BN, Si3N4, SiAlCN, SiC/AlN, geopolymers, basalt, a carbide such as boron carbide, HfC, ZrC, S-glass, E-glass, A-glass, D-glass, silica, and combinations thereof.