摘要:
A fire barrier material for use in building construction comprising a sandwich structure have a first and second outer layers comprising a high temperature resistant material having corrugations therein and an intermediate layer comprising a flame retardant fibrous material wherein the corrugation are positioned in the outer layers in a manner which enables the barrier material to be rolled into a bundle in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the corrugations.
摘要:
A porous ceramic body of high structural strength and integrity is disclosed, along with the method of fabricating such, whereby a curable resin and a sinterable ceramic are mixed and then admixed to removable pore formers, then consolidated into a green body, the pore formers removed, and sintered into the porous ceramic body.
摘要:
Metal particles are melted by mixing them with molten metal contained in a bath. A shaft-supported, rotatable impeller is immersed into the molten metal and rotated so as to establish a vortex-like flow of molten metal. Metal particles are deposited onto the surface of the molten metal in the vicinity of the rotating impeller. The particles are submerged substantially immediately after being deposited onto the surface of the molten metal. The impeller includes a thin rectangular prism having sharp-edged corners and vanes that extend upwardly from the prism. The impeller also can be used to disperse gas into the molten metal by pumping the gas through a bore extending the length of the shaft and out of the impeller along the lower surface of the impeller. The gas is sheared into finely divided bubbles as it rises along the sides of the impeller.
摘要:
A process and apparatus for the manufacture of high purity, ultra-fine aluminum nitride powder by the carbo-nitridization of alumina. In the method, agglomerates uniform in both size, chemical composition and porosity are formed containing a stoichiometric mixture of alumina and carbon, and a small amount of catalyst, and furnaced in a controlled manner in a well-mixed two chamber reaction vessel having optional top or bottom fluidizing gas feed to achieve a uniform and consistent level of conversion. Milling of the as-reacted agglomerates under a controlled atmosphere will produce high purity, micron sized aluminum nitride powder. The reactor is an automatically controlled fluid bed reactor for treatment of refractory materials with a hot fluidizing gas having a two chamber design in which the lower furnace chamber and reactor bed are removable from the bottom of the reactor. With unique reactor, unusually high reaction temperatures of up to 2000.degree. C. are obtainable. Further, the bottom removal feature allows for easy servicing of the reactor. Still further, the fluidizing gas may be introduced via a conduit and a bubble cap from above or below the reactor. If from below, wear on the conduit will be reduced because in such a configuration the conduit will not extend through the bed of the reactor. If the gas is introduced from above, the gas will be preheated by means of countercurrent heat flow, enabling more efficient operation of the reactor.
摘要:
Fused cast refractory moldings having a random microstructure, which are near in size and configuration to the desired final shape, and process and apparatus used in their manufacture are described. The process includes rapid melting of the refractory material followed by controlled rapid cooling. Laminated composite fused cast refractories may be produced.
摘要:
Apparatus for injecting gas into molten metal includes a porous ceramic body having a first surface through which gas can be introduced into the body, and a second surface through which gas can flow from the body. A refractory member is attached to the body and surrounds at least the first surface, while leaving the second surface exposed. The refractory member is impervious to gas, while having a coefficient of thermal expansion approximating that of the body. Preferably, a refractory sealant securely attaches the refractory member to the body. By use of the present invention, the refractory member and the body remain tightly connected to each other at all times. Accordingly, gas leaks are prevented and all gas flowing into the body is discharged through the second surface, as desired.
摘要:
A method for increasing the boron.sup.10 content of a neutron absorbing article, such as one in flat, flexible sheet shape, includes coating a surface of such article with a solidifiable liquid synthetic organic polymeric material, such as a phenol formaldehyde type resin, applying boron carbide particles to the polymeric material and solidifying the polymer, such as by curing to cross-linked permanently set form, so as to hold the neutron absorbing boron carbide particles in place thereon. In highly preferred embodiments of the invention the boron carbide particles applied will extend beyond the surface of the external material and will serve as anchoring means for applications of subsequent coatings and the plurality of coatings, usually after initial partial curing to solidify them and make them form-retaining, will be permanently cross-linked simultaneously. In another aspect of the invention the plurality of flat neutron absorbing articles may be joined together by contacting surfaces thereof with such a coating material, preferably containing boron carbide particles, and curing it.
摘要:
A shrink resistant flexible ceramic fiber and its process of manufacture which comprises melting from about 40 to 65 weight percent of alumina with from about 35 to about 60 weight percent of silica, forming fibers from the melt, rapidly solidifying the fibers, heating the fibers to a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to form microcrystals and cooling the fibers to below the crystallization temperature before macrocrystals can form.
摘要:
A method of pressureless sintering silicon carbide mixtures to obtain a sintered, dense product when the silicon carbide starting materials do not include a densification aid, such as boron, beryllium or aluminum, is described. The starting materials are mixtures containing predominantly particulate silicon carbide and include usually less than about 10 and, preferably, less than about 6 percent by weight of carbon in the form of elemental carbon or in the form of a carbon source material. The mixtures may also contain minor amounts of other additives, such as lubricants, surfactants or agglutinants, to aid in forming a compact, or green body, from the mixtures, or minor amounts of other ceramic materials depending upon the nature of the desired final product. The mixtures are formed into compacts, or green bodies, by known techniques. The powder compact is sintered under substantially pressureless conditions in a sintering atmosphere containing boron to produce a sintered product having a density of at least 85 percent and, preferably, greater than about 90 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
摘要:
An apparatus for fuel ignition comprising an electrical source for providing electrical current; an electrically operated fuel ignition means; a valve means which allows passage of fuel to the ignition means when the valve means is opened; a first valve control means which will open the valve upon application of an electrical current and a second valve control means which will retain the valve means in an open position but will not initially open the valve upon application of an electrical current; an activating switch electrically connected between the electrical source and the rest of the apparatus so that the apparatus will not operate unless the activating switch is closed; a time delay switch connected between the activating switch and the rest of the apparatus and connected to an ignition sensing switch means so that the time delay switch stops the flow of electrical current to the rest of the apparatus if the ignition sensing switch means does not sense ignition within the time delay; and an ignition sensor for sensing ignition and an ignition sensing switch means responsive thereto. The ignition sensing switch means, when the activating switch is closed, switches electrical current from the first valve control means to the second valve control means after ignition is sensed, shunts out the time delay relay after ignition is sensed and disconnects the ignition means after ignition is sensed. If the ignition sensor ceases to sense that ignition is taking place, the ignition sensing switch again connects the first valve control means, the time delay relay and the ignition means.