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Ceramic Matrix Composites: Properties and Applications

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Advanced ceramics exhibit a combination of properties: high strength at elevated temperature, high hardness, good corrosion and erosion behaviour, high elastic modulus, low density and generally low coefficients of friction, that make them potential candidates for many structural applications. Today major applications of advanced ceramics include cutting tools, wear components, bioceramics, heat exchangers, coatings, etc. However, to allow their use in new areas such as engines, turbines, etc., it is necessary to improve their reliability and to reduce their brittleness.

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Descamps, P., Tirlocq, J., Cambier, F. (1991). Ceramic Matrix Composites: Properties and Applications. In: Riley, F.L. (eds) 3rd European Symposium on Engineering Ceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7990-4_9

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