Aluminum oxide-metal compositions
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorsBruce M. Kramer, David M. Dombrowski, Dennis Gonseth, Minyang Yang, Stephen P. Kohler
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Abstract
A consolidated metal-ceramic composite comprises a first phase of particles of aluminum oxide or a solid solution based on aluminum oxide uniformly distributed in a second matrix phase wherein the second matrix phase is non-reactive with aluminum oxide and contains a sufficient amount of titanium carbide at the interface between the first and second phase to prevent a chemical reaction at the interface during consolidation at the liquidus temperature and which exhibits good mechanical properties with regard to strength and toughness at high temperatures up to about 1200.degree. C.
Claims5
A consolidated metal-ceramic composite comprising a first phase consisting essentially of particles more than 50 volume percent aluminum oxide of a size less than 0.1 mm uniformly distributed in a second matrix phase, said second matrix phase consisting essentially of (a) a first metal, selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt and mixtures thereof, (b) titanium carbide coating said aluminum oxide and (c) less than about 30 percent by weight of a third component that renders titanium carbide more soluble in said first metal, said second matrix phase being non-reactive with aluminum oxide and containing titanium carbide primarily concentrated at an interface between the first and second phase in a sufficient amount to prevent a chemical reaction at said interface during consolidation at the liquidus temperature of said second matrix phase.
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