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Application of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy to Advanced Structural Ceramics

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Characterization of Advanced Materials

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A review is presented on research investigations of several acoustic microscopy techniques for application to structural ceramics for advanced heat engines. Results obtained with scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM), scanning laser acoustic microscopy (SLAM), scanning electron acoustic microscopy (SEAM), and photo-acoustic microscopy (PAM) are compared. The techniques were evaluated on research samples of green and sintered monolithic silicon nitrides and silicon carbides in the form of modulus-of rupture bars containing deliberately introduced flaws. Strengths and limitations of the techniques are described with emphasis on statistics of detectability of flaws that constitute potential fracture origins.

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  1. Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH, USA, 44135

    Alex Vary & Stanley J. Klima

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  1. Advanced Composite Products, Inc., North Branford, Connecticut, USA

    William Altergott

  2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    Edmund Henneke

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Vary, A., Klima, S.J. (1991). Application of Scanning Acoustic Microscopy to Advanced Structural Ceramics. In: Altergott, W., Henneke, E. (eds) Characterization of Advanced Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3688-8_6

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