摘要 |
A silicide-based composite toughened with a niobium-based metallic phase and further containing a silicon-modified chromium-based Laves-type phase to promote oxidation resistance. The silicide-based composite generally contains one or more silicide intermetallic phases, each of which is an M5Si3-type or an M3Si-type phase where M is at least Nb+Ti+Hf. The niobium-based metallic phase contains at least niobium, titanium, hafnium, chromium, aluminum and silicon. The silicon-modified Laves-type phase is of the Cr2M type where M is Nb+Ti+Hf. The silicide-based composite is formulated to contain greater than 25 volume percent of the niobium-based metallic phase, the balance being the silicide intermetallic phases and the silicon-modified Laves-type phase.
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