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Chemical Vapour Infiltration

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Chemical Vapour Deposition

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Chemical vapour infiltration (CVI) was initially proposed and developed by Bickerdike [1] in 1962 to increase the density of porous carbon. The earliest patent was to infiltrate the porous alumina preform with chromium carbide by Jenkins [2] in 1964. CVI was then described for the densification of C/C composites by Kotlensky in 1973 [3]. CVI techniques have been widely investigated since. In the early 1970s Professor Fitzer’s group [4] at Karlsruhe University started to investigate SiC CVI for fibre-reinforced composites. Meanwhile, Professor Naslain’s group [5] at Bordeaux University began the development of an isothermal isobaric CVI (I-CVI) technique to an fabricate carbon-fibre-reinforced silicon carbide composite aimed improving the oxidation resistance of C/C composites. In 1984 a forced CVI (F-CVI) technique was demonstrated by Professor Lackey’s group [6] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA. The commercialisation of the I-CVI technique for ceramic-matrix composites was first carried out at Societe Europeenne de Propulsion (SEP), France and at Du Pont, USA.

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(2010). Chemical Vapour Infiltration. In: Chemical Vapour Deposition. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-894-0_5

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