摘要:
Fibers for use in forming fiber reinforced ceramic composites may be effectively deagglomerated and/or dispersed in the precursor from which the continuous phase of the composite is to be derived by passing the fibers through a screen with openings that are from two to ten times as wide as the fiber diameter. By using this technique, composites of alumina fibers in a partially stabilized zirconia matrix have been prepared with better fiber orientation and fiber aspect ratio than previously achieved.
摘要:
A method of improving the thermal shock resistance of a honeycombed structure through which fluids flow and formed by joining a plurality of cellular segments to one another along their peripheral walls, by providing discontinuities through the joints formed between the adjoining segments in the direction of the fluid flow through the structure so as to lessen temperature differences occurring in the joint area, to provide the structure with greater flexibility and to act as crack arrestors lessening the transmission of stresses between adjoining segments and through the joints. In two preferred embodiments, the invention is practiced in forming a heat recovery wheel by joining a plurality of cellular segments to one another with cement which is striped to the segments so as to form a plurality of hollow, straight walled, channels extending essentially axially through some or all of the joint areas of the resulting wheel.
摘要:
The thermal shock resistance of a honeycombed structure or a structure having a honeycombed surface formed by bonding together a plurality of cellular segments each having a honeycombed face forming a portion of the structure or surface of the structure, respectively, is improved by recessing the bond joints between the joined cellular segments from the surface. The thermal shock resistance of a heat recovery wheel operated in a counterflow heat exchanger system and formed from joined cellular segments is improved by recessing the bond joints joining the cellular segments, preferably approximately one-half inch (12.7 mm), from the face of the wheel exposed to the gases at their highest temperatures.
摘要:
An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive particles contained within a bond material. The abrasive particles can include a majority content of silicon nitride and a minority content of sintering material including at least two rare-earth oxide materials. In an embodiment, the rare-earth oxide materials can include Nd2O3 and Y2O3. In a particular embodiment, the abrasive particles comprise a content (wt %) of Nd2O3 that is greater than a content of Y2O3 (wt %).
摘要:
A method of forming a sintered silicon carbide body includes mixing silicon carbide powder having an oxygen content of less than about 3 wt % and having a surface area in a range of between about 8 m2/g and about 15 m2/g, with boron carbide powder and carbon sintering aid to form a green silicon carbide body. Alternatively, a method of producing a sintered silicon carbide body includes mixing the silicon carbide powder with titanium carbide powder having an average particle diameter in a range of between about 5 nm and about 100 nm and with carbon sintering aid to form a green silicon carbide body. In another alternative, a method of forming a sintered silicon carbide body includes mixing silicon carbide powder with boron carbide powder, the titanium carbide powder, and carbon sintering aid to form a green silicon carbide body. After sintering, the silicon carbide bodies have a density at least 98% of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
摘要:
Ceramic molding or casting powders, particularly nitride, oxide and carbide powders, that have substantial internal surface and volume produce improved dispersions after being coated with a cover material, such as polyethylene glycol, that reduces the specific surface area of the powder by at least about 10% and reduces the amount of penentration of the binder used for dispersion into the internal volume of the powder. The viscosity of dispersions of such coated powders, or of conventional uncoated ceramic powders, can be further reduced by treatment of the powders with organotitanate, organozirconate, or organosilane coupling agents that are chosen to interact favorably with the specific powders and binders used.
摘要:
A composite article having a body including a first phase that includes a nitride material, a second phase that includes a carbide material, and a third phase having one of an amorphous phase material with a nitrogen content of at least about 1.6 wt % or an amorphous phase material comprising carbon.
摘要:
A method of preparing an article includes compressing a polymeric material to form a body and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) the body in an inert atmosphere at a pressure of at least 3 ksi without an encapsulant. The body may optionally be sintered prior to hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The body may have a porosity of not greater than 8% prior to hot isostatic pressing (HIP). The polymer material may be a non-melt processible polymer.
摘要:
A ceramic component is disclosed, including a sintered ceramic body from a composition comprising a first ceramic material, and a plurality of inclusions in the ceramic body, each inclusion comprising graphite and a second ceramic material.
摘要:
This invention relates a high density green bodies, particularly high density silicon nitride spherical green bodies having substantially no radial density gradients.