Chapter 1. An Historical and Technical Perspective on SHS
- John B. Wachtman Jr.
Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/9780470313053.ch1
Copyright © 1990 The American Ceramic Society, Inc.
Book Title
14th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramic Materials, Part 2 of 2: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 11, Issue 9/10
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How to Cite
McCauley, J. W. (2008) An Historical and Technical Perspective on SHS, in 14th Annual Conference on Composites and Advanced Ceramic Materials, Part 2 of 2: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 11, Issue 9/10 (ed J. B. Wachtman), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470313053.ch1
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 MAR 2008
- Published Print: 1 JAN 1990
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Print ISBN: 9780470374931
Online ISBN: 9780470313053
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Keywords:
- exothermic;
- equilibrium;
- pyrochemical;
- pyrotechnics;
- zirconium
Summary
Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), or combustion synthesis, is a process which utilizes the heat generated by an exothermic reaction between precursor constituents to restrain itself after ignition. After a brief historical account and technical perspectives of exothermic and related processing reactions is presented, a summarized status of programs in Japan, as well as short overviews of the total efforts in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. is given. Finally, drawing on experience from programs at the Materials Technology Laboratory (MTL), a review is given of the various equilibrium and nonequilibrium factors which may influence the SHS-processing of materials in the Ti-B-C system.