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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Suresh Subramanian, Mason, OH (US);
James Dale Steibel, Mason, OH (US);
Douglas Melton Carper, Trenton, OH (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
Suresh Subramanian, Mason, OH (US);
James Dale Steibel, Mason, OH (US);
Douglas Melton Carper, Trenton, OH (US);
Toby George Darkins, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A ceramic matrix composite with a ceramic matrix and a gradient layering of coating on ceramic fibers. The coating typically improves the performance of the composite in one direction while degrading it in another direction. For a SiC-SiC ceramic matrix composite, a BN coating is layered in a gradient fashion or in a step-wise fashion in different regions of the article comprising the ceramic. The BN coating thickness is applied over the ceramic fibers to produce varying desired physical properties by varying the coating thickness within differing regions of the composite, thereby tailoring the strength of the composite in the different regions. The coating may be applied as a single layer as a multi-layer coating to enhance the performance of the coating as the ceramic matrix is formed or infiltrated from precursor materials into a preform of the ceramic fibers.