CERAMIC COMPOSITES WITH IMPROVED INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES AND METHODS TO MAKE SUCH COMPOSITES

摘要

A ceramic composite having a metal substrate (36) banded to one surface of a ceramic oxide member (35) through a covalent bond formed at temperatures less than 880 DEG C. A constraining member (34) is bonded to another surface of the ceramic oxide. A thermal and/or mechanical load (31) and heat sinks (32) are attached to the constraining member through a copper mounting are (33). Ceramic composites that are constructed to control internal stresses or increase crack-resistance within the ceramic oxide member under applied thermal and/or mechanical loads (31).