Ceramics for future power generation technology: fiber reinforced oxide composites

Major advances have been made during the past 2 years in the development of fiber-reinforced oxide composites for long-life combustion components. These include demonstration of long-term stability of mullite-based porous-matrix composites at 1200°C, development of fiber coating and slurry infiltration methods to produce composites with weakly bonded La-monazite interphases, and development of new alumina-based fibers.