High-temperature Containers and Other Free-Standing Products

1 High-temperature Containers and Other Free-Standing Products 

Containers and otherfree-standing (monolithic) parts are produced by depositing the pyrolytic carbon or graphite onto a graphite mandrel. Alter the deposition is completed, the mandrel is removed, usually by machining. 

Free-standing isotropic pyrolytic carbon is a material of choice for solid propellant rocket nozzles. Because of its strength, hardness, and isotropic nature, it is able to withstand the mechanical erosion which is the dominant failure mechanism above 3200°C.P l 

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