US4029844A
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Rocket nozzle comprising pyrolytic graphite-silicon carbide inserts
Assignee: Atlantic Research Corp
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Filing: 1975-02-20
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Granted: 1977-06-14
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Expires: 1995-02-20
Abstract
Abstract A method for making said rigid pyrolytic graphite article comprising winding a continuous, individual, refractory filament or strand around a shaped form and simultaneously pyrolyzing a mixture of methyl trichlorosilane and a hydrocarbon gas onto the filament or strand at about the point of winding contact to nucleate pyrolytic graphite and SiC from the filament or strand, winding additional turns of the filament or strand around the form, each additional turn being spaced from previously wound turns and, as each of the additional turns is wound, simultaneously pyrolyzing the mixture of methyl trichlorosilane and hydrocarbon gas thereon at about the point of winding contact and on the codeposited pyrolytic graphite and SiC nucleated from previously wound turns.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene L. Olcott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:01
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C16/00; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/32; C23C16/325; C01; C01B; C01B32/00; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/52; C04B35/522; C04B35/71; C04B35/78; C04B35/80; C04B35/83; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2918; Y10T428/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A process for making a rocket nozzle insert of pyrolytic graphite microcomposite comprising pyrolytic graphite containing embedded therein codeposited silicon carbide comprising aciculae of silicon carbide, the longitudinal axis of said aciculae being aligned in the c-direction relative to the a-b plane of the associated pyrolytic graphite crystallite at the point of embedment, which comprises pyrolyzing a mixture of methyl trichlorosilane, an inert diluent gas, and a hydrocarbon gas onto a heated cylindrical substrate at a temperature of about 2800° - 3800° F and at a pressure at which said silicon carbide aciculae are formed, the volumetric ratio of inert gas to hydrocarbon gas being at least 86.7 to 13.3 and the weight ratio of methyl trichlorosilane to hydrocarbon being between about 5-95 and 75-25; and shaping the resulting microcomposite cylinder into a rocket nozzle insert.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A process for making a rocket nozzle insert of pyrolytic graphite microcomposite comprising pyrolytic graphite containing embedded therein codeposited silicon carbide comprising aciculae of silicon carbide, the longitudinal axis of said aciculae being aligned in the c-direction relative to the a-b plane of the associated pyrolytic graphite crystallite at the point of embedment, which comprises pyrolyzing a mixture of methyl trichlorosilane, an inert diluent gas, and a hydrocarbon gas onto a heated cylindrical substrate at a temperature of about 2800° - 3800° F and at a pressure at which said silicon carbide aciculae are formed, the volumetric ratio of inert gas to hydrocarbon gas being at least 86.7 to 13.3 and the weight ratio of methyl trichlorosilane to hydrocarbon being between about 5-95 and 75-25; and shaping the resulting microcomposite cylinder into a rocket nozzle insert.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 in which the temperature is about 3200° F-3800° F.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 2 in which the hydrocarbon gas is methane.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 3 in which the inert diluent gas is argon, a mixture of hydrogen and argon, helium, or nitrogen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 in which the hydrocarbon gas is methane.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 in which the pyrolysis is carried out at atmospheric pressure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
131 words
The process of claim 1 which includes the steps of: 1. progressively positioning continuous refractory filaments or strands on a cylindrical form; 2. pyrolyzing said mixture of methyl trichlorosilane, inert diluent gas, and hydrocarbon gas onto said filament or strand at said temperature and pressure at about the point of positioning contact as said filament or strand is positioned and thereby nucleating said micorcomposite from said filament or strand; 3. progressively positioning additional continuous filament or strand; and 4. as said additional filament or strand is positioned, simultaneously pyrolyzing said mixture at said temperature and pressure on said additional filament or strand at about the point of positioning contact and on said microcomposite nucleated from previously positioned filament or strand to form a microcomposite matrix interconnecting laterally spaced filaments or strands.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said continuous filament or strand is an individual filament or strand.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said continuous filament or strand is a filament or strand layer comprising a plurality of laterally spaced, substantially unidirectionally oriented individual filaments or strands.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 7 in which the hydrocarbon gas is methane.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said refractory strand is carbon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 11 in which the hydrocarbon gas is methane.
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