摘要:
Abrasive particles and methods of making abrasive particles are disclosed. The abrasive particles may be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes.
摘要:
A calcium salt protective coating formed in situ by combining fatty acids with lime, also the associated method of forming the protective coating in situ. The fatty acids are preferably vegetable fatty acids such as from soapstock byproduct skimmings produced during the manufacture of vegetable oil. Experimental testing has shown that the protective coating is substantially impervious to moisture. The protective coating is a suitable covering for hay bales, silage, coal piles, and road salt piles. Further experimental testing has shown that the present invention is also suited to environmental soil bioremediation (“landfarming”) using microbes, in which the fatty acid ingredient, in addition to being used in formation of a protective coating that inhibits introduction of oxygen into the soil being treated, is also used as a carbon source for the microbial activity.
摘要:
This invention pertains to a method of modifying or refining a surface of a wafer suited for semiconductor fabrication. This method may be used to modify a wafer having an unmodified, exposed surface comprised of a layer of a second material deployed over at least one discrete feature of a first material attached to the wafer. A first step of this method comprises contacting and relatively moving the exposed surface of the wafer with respect to an abrasive article, wherein the abrasive article comprises an exposed surface of a plurality of three-dimensional abrasive composites comprising a plurality of abrasive particles fixed and dispersed in a binder and maintaining contact to effect removal of the second material. In a second step, the contact and relative motion are continued until an exposed surface of the wafer has at least one area of exposed first material and at least one area of exposed second material.
摘要:
A beam sharpened, low sidelobe antenna is obtained by segmenting the antenna to provide two sub-antennas, one of which is arranged as an interferometer. The output signals of the two antennas are added and subtracted to provide sum and difference signals. The sum and difference signals and the output signals are then utilized to provide the desired beam sharpened, low sidelobe antenna.
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This invention provides an improved alpha alumina-based ceramic and a method to make the same. The improvement consists of the addition of a chromium-based nucleating agent. Particularly useful embodiments of the improved alpha alumina-based ceramic include abrasive particles and fibers.
摘要:
Discrete, free-flowing, ceramic microbubbles consist essentially of at least one of a non-oxide component and an oxide component having diameters in the range of 1 to 300 micrometers and each having a wall thickness of less than 10 percent of the diameter of the bubble. In the process of the invention, a sol precursor and a suitable liquid, referred to as a bloating agent, when added to a bubble promoting medium under proper conditions, provide green gelled microbubbles which after firing are ceramic microbubbles having wall thicknesses less than 10 percent of the diameter of the bubbles. The microbubbles are non-vitreous, sol-gel derived, fine microstructured, uniform, hollow, smooth, and are either essentially all oxide or non-oxide or combinations of both.
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A process of producing alpha alumina ceramic abrasive grain by sintering alpha alumina monohydrate is improved by seeding with a crystalline oxide of iron having a particle size of less than 150 nm.
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Solid, transparent, non-vitreous, microspheres (zirconia-silica) are formed by extractive gelation (extracting carboxylic acid away from zirconyl carboxylate) of a sol in liquid medium such as hot peanut oil. Zirconyl carboxylate precursor sol is prepared and added in droplet form to the liquid extractant (peanut oil) at an elevated temperature at which a carboxylic acid is liberated from the zirconyl carboxylate. The droplets remain in the extractant for sufficient time to form stable gel spheroids which are separated from the extractant and fired to convert them to durable spheroids useful as lens elements in retroreflective sheeting.
摘要:
A method for processing multilevel interconnect lines separately from the multichip module on which they are to be employed. An oxide layer (16) is grown on a silicon wafer (14) and followed by a polyimide layer (18). Then a metal layer (20) is deposited and patterned. This is followed by another polyimide layer (24) having vias and another patterned metal layer (28). The vias allow for connections to be made between metal layers. Many polyimides and metal layers may be processed to allow for the desired number of levels of interconnect lines. After a last polyimide layer (32) is deposited, the oxide layer is etched to separate the multilevel interconnect line transfer (34) from the silicon wafer. After the processing of the multilevel interconnect lines, the multilevel interconnect line transfer is adhered to the multichip module in a predetermined relationship and electrical connections are made between them. In an alternative embodiment, a boron nitride layer (46) is bonded on a surface of silicon wafer (14). Stabilizing ring (44) is bonded on a second surface of the silicon wafer. Exposed regions of the wafer are etched away. The processing of multilevel interconnect line transfer (34) occurs on boron nitride layer (46) in the same manner as previously described.
摘要:
A nano-scale tower structure array having increased surface area on each tower for gathering incident light is provided for use in three-dimensional solar cells. Embodiments enhance surface roughness of each tower structure to increase the surface area available for light gathering. Enhanced roughness can be provided by manipulating passivation layer etching parameters used during a formation process of the nano-scale tower structures, in order to affect surface roughness of a photoresist layer used for the etch. Manipulable etching parameters can include power, gas pressure, and etching compound chemistry.