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Method of producing a functionally gradient material
Assignee: National Aerospace Laboratories Of Science & Technology Agency
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Filing: 1986-12-24
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Granted: 1988-06-14
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Expires: 2006-12-24
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a method of producing a functionally gradient material whose components and structure are continuously adjusted by the coating, plating and powder metallurgy techniques to change its function in turn and provide a method of producing a functionally gradient material superior in heat-resistance, corrosion-resistance and resistance to thermal fatigue by distributing a third component having a lower Young's modulus or formed of high-strength material sufficiently durable to the fracture strength among ceramics as a first component and metals or other ceramics as a second component to change the function.
Inventors
- 👤 Masayuki Niino
- 👤 Akio Suzuki
- 👤 Toshio Hirai
- 👤 Ryuzo Watanabe
- 👤 Tohru Hirano
- 👤 Nobuhito Kuroishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 11:03
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/22; B; B22; B22F; B22F3/00; B22F3/10; B22F3/11; B22F3/1103; B22F3/1109; B22F7/00; B22F7/02; C23C14/02; C23C14/027; C23C14/06; C23C14/0688; C23C16/00; C23C16/02; C23C16/0272; C23C16/029; C23C16/22; C23C16/30; C23C16/44; C23C28/00; C23C28/30; C23C28/32; C23C28/321; C23C28/3215; C23C28/34; C23C28/345; C23C28/3455; C23C28/36; C23C4/00; C23C4/02; C23C4/04; C23C4/06; B22F2998/00; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material, in which a composite material, in which an intermediate layer with a continuously changing ratio of a second component to a first component is arranged between a ceramics as said first component and a metal or another ceramics as said second component, is produced, characterized in that a component having a lower Young's modulus or a high-strength material as a third component is distributed in said intermediate layer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material, in which a composite material, in which an intermediate layer with a continuously changing ratio of a second component to a first component is arranged between a ceramics as said first component and a metal or another ceramics as said second component, is produced, characterized in that a component having a lower Young's modulus or a high-strength material as a third component is distributed in said intermediate layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said third component is distributed so that the specific stress distribution R (R=thermal stress/mixture average compression fracture stress) may be equalized and an average value of R may be reduced.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said first component is C, said second component being SiC, and said third component being either TiC or micropores or both TiC and micropores.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that said first component is ZrO 2 .Y 2 O 3 , said second component is MCrAlY (M: metal), and said third component are micropores.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method of producing a functionally gradient material as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that micropores are distributed as said third component and the powder metallurgical technology, in which a particle diameter of raw material powders is adjusted, is used for the formation of the distribution of said micropores.
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