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- Micrograph no
- 548
- Brief description
- Fractograph showing extensive matrix cracking and fibres bridging an opened matrix in a fibre reinforced magnesium aluminosilicate ceramic
- Keywords
- ceramic
, fibre , magnesium aluminosilicate - Categories
- Ceramic
- System
- SiC fibre-reinforced magnesium aluminosilicate
- Composition
- Not specified
- Standard codes
- Reaction
- Processing
- The fibres are drawn and infiltrated with a slurry consisting of a powdered matrix in an organic binder and water. The mixture is hot pressed to give a dense composite.
- Applications
- Sample preparation
- Technique
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Length bar
- 200 μm
- Further information
- Contributor
- Dr K M Knowles
- Organisation
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- Date
- 01/10/02
- Licence for re-use
Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales- Related micrographs
- Micrograph 545: Fibre reinforced magnesium aluminosilicate ceramic showing black areas of porosity (100 μm)
- Micrograph 550: Micrograph showing the complex chemical reactions which arise at fibre-matrix interfaces in a fibre reinforced magnesium aluminosilicate ceramic subjected to oxidation (300 nm)