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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
May. 11, 1992
Salvatore R Riccitiello, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming-ta S Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy S Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns novel high strength ceramic fibers derived from boron, silicon, and carbon organic precursor polymers. The ceramic fibers are thermally stable at and above 1200.degree. C. in air. The method for preparation of the boron-silicon-carbon fibers from a low oxygen content organosilicon boron precursor polymers of the general formula Si(R.sub.2)BR.sup.1 by melt-spinning, crosslinking and pyrolysis. Specifically, the crosslinked (or cured) precursor organic polymer fibers do not melt or deform during pyrolysis to form the silicon-boron-carbon ceramic fiber. These novel silicon-boron-carbon ceramic fibers are useful in high temperature applications because they retain tensile and other properties up to 1200.degree. C., from 1200.degree. to 1300.degree. C., and in some cases higher than 1300.degree. C.