1 What are the silicides
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2 Structure
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3 Fabrication
3.1 Bulk Silicides
3.1.1 Arc Casting (Melting)
3.1.2 Directional Solidification 3.1.2.1 Bridgman3.1.2.2 Czochralski
3.2 Thin Fims 3.2.1 Sputtering3.2.2 Electron Beam Deposition
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4 Testing Deformation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Tension
4.2.1 CoSi24.2.2 NiSi2
4.2.3 MoSi24.2.4 WSi2
4.2.5 FeSi24.2.6 TiSi2
4.3 Compression4.3.1 Introduction
4.3.2 CoSi2
4.3.3 MoSi2
4.3.4 WSi2
4.3.5 TiSi24.4 Indentation-Hardness
4.4.1 Introduction
4.4.2 NiSi2 film4.4.3 MoSi2 Single Crystal
4.4.3.1 MoSi2 Film4.4.4 WSi2 Film (Coating)
4.4.5 a-FeSi2 4.4.6 TiSi2References
5 Dislocations in silicides
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Dislocations in CoSi2
5.2.1 Single Crystal
5.2.2 Film-Single Crystal Epitaxy
5.3 Dislocations in NiSi2
5.3.1 Epitaxial Thin Film
5.4 Dislocations in MoSi2
5.4.1 Single Crystals5.5 Dislocations in WSi2
5.5.1 Single Crystals5.6 Dislocations in WSi2
5.6.1 Single CrystalsReferences
6 Time Dependent Deformation - Creep in Silicides
6.1 Fundamentals od Creep
6.2 Creep in CoSi26.3 Creep I MoSi2
6.4 Creep in MoSi2-WSi26.5 Creep in TiSi2
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7 Fatigue in Silicides
7.1 Basics
7.2 Silicide Composites
7.2.1 Fatigue in MoSi2 Composites7.2.1.1 Nb Reinforcement
7.2.1.2 Reinforcement-Nb Spheres7