"Composite" - the Material of the Future

Composite have unique advantage over monolithic materials. Many of our modern technologies require materials with unusual combinations of properties that cannot be met by the conventional metal alloy. The recent trend o1 the composite materials in aerospace, space research, automobiles industry, atomic energy are very much interesting for researchers. C/C-SiC composites that incorporate hard particles like diamond, cubic BN and B₄C for cutting tools. SiC/SiC composites are being considered for advanced nuclear applications such as fusion blanket/first wall structures.