摘要:
A glassy coated sintered non-oxide ceramic fiber produced by an in situ oxidation chemical reaction. A process to produce a protective glassy coating on ceramic fibers by heating the non-oxide ceramic fibers in the presence of boron and atmosphere containing oxygen.
摘要:
A method for grinding an oxygen sensitive ceramic material to a powder which comprises grinding an oxygen sensitive ceramic feed material having an average particle size of between 1 and 200 microns in a contamination free high energy autogenous attrition mill in non-oxidizing fluid in the presence of media for a sufficient time to obtain a specific surface area of at least 5 m.sup.2 /g and preferably at least 9 m.sup.2 /g. The media consists essentially of the same ceramic as the feed material is of high purity and has an average particle size of less than 4 mm and preferably less than 2.5 mm. the ground material may be further treated so that the average particle size is less than one micron and so that the greater than 97 numerical percent of the particles of the finished powder is smaller than 5 microns. The invention includes the finished powder.
摘要:
Sintered silicon carbide body having a D.C. electrical resistivity of at least 10.sup.8 Ohm cm at 25.degree. C., a density of at least 2.95 g/cm.sup.3 is formed upon sintering in a nitrogenous atmosphere at a temperature of about 2250.degree. C. or greater, a shaped body composed essentially of carbon or carbon source material in amount sufficient to provide up to 2.5 percent uncombined carbon; from about 0.4 to about 2.0 percent boron carbide; up to 25 percent of temporary binder and a balance of silicon carbide which is predominantly alpha-phase. The shaped body may additionally include other sintering aids such as BN or Al without destruction of desired high electrical resistivity.
摘要:
Sintered silicon carbide/graphite/carbon composite ceramic body having a homogeneous fine grain microstructure with at least 50 percent of its silicon carbide grains having a size not exceeding about 8 microns and an aspect ratio less than about 3, with graphite grains having an average size not exceeding that of the silicon carbide grains microns uniformly dispersed throughout the matrix of silicon carbide and having a density of at least 75 percent of theoretical can be made by firing of a shaped green body having a density of at least about 45 percent of theoretical, the shaped green body containing graphite of fine particle size, a sintering aid selected from the group consisting of aluminum, beryllium or boron or compounds containing any one or more of these or a mixture of any of the foregoing elements or compounds, silicon carbide having a surface area of from about 5 to about 100 square meters/gram and, optionally, a temporary binder at a sintering temperature of from about 1900.degree. C. to about 2300.degree. C. in an inert atmosphere or vacuum. The process for making such pressureless-sintered composite bodies is relatively undemanding of exact temperature/time control during sintering. Contain embodiments of such composite sintered bodies may electrical-discharge machined.
摘要:
A high temperature, preferably polycrystalline, ceramic fiber having a selectable diameter of between 1 and 200 microns. The fiber is stable in an inert atmosphere at a temperature above about 1700.degree. C. and is often stable even in air at a temperature above 1500.degree. C. The fiber comprises a sintered ceramic powder having a maximum particle size less than the diameter of the fiber and an average particle size less than 0.2 times the diameter of the fiber. The ceramic powder is also stable in an inert atmosphere at a temperature above about 1700.degree. C. At least 90% of the ceramic is selected from borides, nitrides, carbides, and silicides. The fiber is characterized by a smooth surface and is preferably out of round.The invention further comprises a textilable sinterable filament, comprising a flexible polymer matrix containing high temperature sinterable ceramic powder particles. The ceramic powder particles are selected from ceramic borides, nitrides, carbides, and silicides. The diameter of the filament is from 2 to 300 microns. The invention also comprises the method for making textilable filament by fiberizing a mixture of a polymer and a sinterable non-oxide fiber and the method wherein the high temperature ceramic fiber is prepared by sintering the textilable sinterable filament as previously described. The invention also includes composites containing such filaments.
摘要:
A high temperature, preferably polycrystalline, ceramic fiber having a selectable diameter of between 1 and 200 microns. The fiber is stable in an inert atmosphere at a temperature above about 1700.degree. C. and is often stable even in air at a temperature above 1500.degree. C. The fiber comprises a sintered ceramic powder having a maximum particle size less than the diameter of the fiber and an average particle size less than 0.2 times the diameter of the fiber. The ceramic powder is also stable in an inert atmosphere at a temperature above about 1700.degree. C. At least 90% of the ceramic is selected from borides, nitrides, carbides, and silicides. The fiber is characterized by a smooth surface and is preferably out of round.The invention further comprises a textilable sinterable filament, comprising a flexible polymer matrix containing high temperature sinterable ceramic powder particles. The ceramic powder particles are selected from ceramic borides, nitrides, carbides, and silicides. The diameter of the filament is from 2 to 300 microns. The invention also comprises the method for making textilable filament by fiberizing a mixture of a polymer and a sinterable non-oxide fiber and the method wherein the high temperature ceramic fiber is prepared by sintering the textilable sinterable filament as previously described. The invention also includes composites containing such filaments.
摘要:
A method of preparing a surface of a silicon carbide article for joining by metal brazing to metal by micro-roughening that surface of the silicon carbide which is to be brazed, applying catalyst consisting essentially of aqueous PdCl.sub.2 directly to the micro-roughened surface, in the absence of pretreatment of said surface with stannous chloride, and electrolessly depositing a thin layer of metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cr, Au, Ag and Cu on said catalyst-treated surface.
摘要:
A silicon carbide-to-metal joint includes a thin layer of metal adherent to the ceramic material, a compliant layer of metal overlying the thin metal layer and a brazing alloy in contact with the metal to which the ceramic material is joined.A method for preparing a silicon carbide surface for joining by metallic brazing to a metal includes the steps of applying a thin layer of metal adherent to the ceramic surface followed by application of a compliant layer of metal.Also described is an easily brazable silicon carbide article which includes a silicon carbide substrate, a thin electrically conductive adherent metal layer overlying the substrate and a compliant metal layer overlying the thin metal layer.
摘要:
Crystalline silicon carbide wherein at least 90 weight percent of the silicon carbide is formed from a plurality of hexagonal crystal lattices wherein at least 80 weight percent of the crystals formed from the lattices contain at least a portion of opposing parallel base faces separated by a distance of from 0.5 to 20 microns. The crystals may be in the form of separate particles, e.g. separate platelets, or may comprise an intergrown structure. The crystalline silicon carbide of the invention is produced by heating a porous alpha silicon carbide precursor composition comprising silicon and carbon in intimate contact to a temperature of from 2100.degree. C. to 2500.degree. C. in a non-reactive atmosphere. The materials are high performance materials finding use in reinforcing, high temperature thermal insulating, improvement of thermal shock resistance, and modification of electrical properties.
摘要:
A method for grinding silicon carbide to a submicron powder which comprises grinding a silicon carbide feed material having an average particle size of between 1 and 200 microns in a liquid slurry in a contamination free high energy autogenous attrition mill in the presence of silicon carbide media for a sufficient time to obtain a specific surface area of at least 5 m.sup.2 /g and preferably at least 9 m.sup.2 /g. The media is of high purity and has an average particle size of less than 4 mm and preferably less than 2.5 mm. The ground material is then further treated so that the average particle size is less than one micron and so that greater than 97 numerical percent of the particles of the finished powder is smaller than 5 microns. The invention includes the finished powder.