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A recently developed processing technique called transient plastic-phase processing (TPPP) is capable of the in-situ net-shape manufacturing of complexly shaped, fully dense, ultrarefractory composites at much lower (homologous) temperatures than those currently used. The viability of this technique as well as its advantages over the traditional processing routes has been demonstrated for the Ti-B-C and Zr-B-C systems. The resulting composites had higher than 99% density and excellent mechanical properties.
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Barsoum, M., Zavaliangos, A., Kalidindi, S.R. et al. The transient plastic phase processing of ceramic-ceramic composites. JOM 47, 52–55 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03221311
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