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Materials for ultrahigh temperature structural applications

K Upadhya, +2 more
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
- Vol. 76, Iss: 12, pp 51-56
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In this paper, advanced ultrahigh temperature materials are critical to the development of next-generation rocket engines and hypersonic spacecrafts, and the authors propose a method to obtain them from ultra high temperature materials.
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Advanced ultrahigh temperature materials are critical to the development of next-generation rocket engines and hypersonic spacecrafts.

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