A structured multi-phase composite which include a metal phase, and a low stiffness, high thermal conductivity phase or encapsulated phase change material, that are arranged to create a composite having high thermal conductivity, having reduced/controlled stiffness, and a low CTE to reduce thermal stresses in the composite when exposed to cyclic thermal loads. The structured multi-phase composite is useful for use in structures such as, but not limited to, high speed engine ducts, exhaust-impinged structures, heat exchangers, electrical boxes, heat sinks, and heat spreaders.

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are composite materials, methods, tools and abrasive materials comprising a tungsten-based metal composition and an alloy. In some cases, the composite materials or material are resistant to oxidation.

A syntactic metal foam composite that is substantially fully dense except for syntactic porosity is formed from a mixture of ceramic microballoons and matrix forming metal. The ceramic microballoons have a uniaxial crush strength and a much higher omniaxial crush strength. The mixture is continuously constrained while it is consolidated. The constraining force is less than the omniaxial crush strength. The substantially fully dense syntactic metal foam composite is then constrained and deformation worked at a substantially constant volume. The deformation working is typically performed at a yield strength that is adjusted by way of selecting a working temperature at which the yield strength is approximately less than the omniaxial crush strength of the included ceramic microballoons. This deformation causes at least work hardening and grain refinement in the matrix metal.

A method of manufacturing a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon alloy and a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon alloy part. An aluminum-, iron-, and silicon-containing composite powder is provided that includes an amorphous phase and a first crystalline phase having a hexagonal crystal structure at ambient temperature. The composite powder is heated at a temperature in the range of 850° C. to 950° C. to transform at least a portion of the amorphous phase into the first crystalline phase and to transform the composite powder into a crystalline aluminum-iron-silicon (Al—Fe—Si) alloy. The first crystalline phase is a predominant phase in the crystalline Al—Fe—Si alloy.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a metal, ceramic, or composite part (PF) by flash sintering, which comprises simultaneously applying, inside a die (M), a uniaxial pressure and an electric current to a device containing a powder constituent material, said uniaxial pressure being applied by means of at least two pistons (P1, P2) which slide toward one another inside said die and each of which has a bearing surface (F1, F2) contacting said material, said bearing surfaces engaging so as to define the shape of the part to be manufactured, characterised in that: said part has a complex shape, including at least one first slender portion (V), such as a rod, plate, bevel, or shell, and a second portion (B), such as a base, plinth, or solid part, which is not slender in the slender direction of said first portion, and in that said uniaxial pressure is applied in a direction (z) substantially parallel to the smallest dimension of said first portion of the part, or to one of the two smallest dimensions thereof if said part is a rod. The invention also relates to a device for implementing such a method, and to a turbine blade made of a TiAl intermetallic alloy or a metal/silicide composite sintered by flash sintering.

Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are composite materials, methods, tools and abrasive materials comprising a tungsten-based metal composition and an alloy. In some cases, the composite materials or material are resistant to oxidation.

Provided is a tungsten silicide target that efficiently suppresses generation of particles during sputtering deposition. A tungsten silicide target having a two-phase structure of a WSi.sub.2 phase and a Si phase, wherein the tungsten silicide target is represented by a composition formula in an atomic ratio: WSi.sub.x with X>2.0; wherein, when observing a sputtering surface, a ratio of a total area I1 of Si grains having an area per a Si grain of 63.6 m.sup.2 or more to a total area S1 of the Si grains forming the Si phase (I1/S1) is 5% or less; and wherein a Weibull modulus of flexural strength is 2.1 or more.

The present invention relates to the composition and production of an engineered degradable metal matrix composite that is useful in constructing temporary systems requiring wear resistance, high hardness, and/or high resistance to deformation in water-bearing applications such as, but not limited to, oil and gas completion operations.

The present invention relates to the composition and production of an engineered degradable metal matrix composite that is useful in constructing temporary systems requiring wear resistance, high hardness, and/or high resistance to deformation in water-bearing applications such as, but not limited to, oil and gas completion operations.

The present invention relates to the composition and production of an engineered degradable metal matrix composite that is useful in constructing temporary systems requiring wear resistance, high hardness, and/or high resistance to deformation in water-bearing applications such as, but not limited to, oil and gas completion operations.