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Fabrication of Optically Transparent Short‐Fiber‐Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites
Author(s) -
Iba Hisayoshi,
Chang Tongshik,
Kagawa Yutaka,
Minakuchi Hiroyoshi,
Kanamaru Kuniaki
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08520.x
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , transmittance , composite number , fabrication , glass fiber , volume fraction , optical fiber , visible spectrum , fiber , matrix (chemical analysis) , wavelength , optics , optoelectronics , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , pathology
Optically transparent chopped oxynitride glass (SiAlCaON) fiber‐reinforced glass matrix composites have been fabricated by hot‐pressing. Four kinds of glass matrices were candidates in this study. The optical transmission properties of the composites were obtained in UV‐visible and IR wavelength ranges. With selection of the optimal glass matrix and an appropriate processing procedure, an optically transparent glass matrix composite can be obtained. Within the framework of this study, the optical transmittance was strongly dependent on the optical transmittance of the hot‐pressed glass matrix. The well‐fabricated composite with a fiber volume fraction of 0.07 showed measured optical transmittance of 35%–50% in the UV‐visible wavelength region and 80% in the IR wavelength region.