摘要:
The present invention is ceramic article of stabilized zirconia wherein the stabilized zirconia has a molar ratio of rare earth oxide:zirconia of from 1:99 to 15:85, at a weight percent of from about 97 to 75. The ceramic article includes smectite clay from about 3 to 25 weight percent wherein the article is a mass of sintered particles having a continuous tetragonal phase having dispersed therein monoclinic phase particles having size of less than 100 nm.
摘要:
The present invention is a ceramic article of magnesium-X silicate, wherein X represents lithium, sodium or, from about 0.1 to 2 weight percent, and yttria stabilized zirconia from about 99.9 to 98 weight percent wherein the yttria stabilized zirconia has a molar ratio of yttria to zirconia of from 0.5:99:5 to 5:95.
摘要:
A method for preparing a ceramic article comprising compacting a particulate including a primary oxide and a secondary oxide to form a blank. The primary oxide is ZrO.sub.2. The secondary oxide is selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3, rare earth oxides and combinations thereof. The blank is sintered in contact with oxide selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3 and rare earth oxides. The zirconia alloy ceramic articles produced have a cubic phase case and a tetragonal phase core.
摘要:
A method for preparing a ceramic article comprising compacting a particulate including a primary oxide and a secondary oxide to form a blank. The primary oxide is ZRO.sub.2 and the secondary oxide is MgO, CaO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3, rare earth oxides or a combination thereof. The blank is sintered in contact with MgO, CaO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3, rare earth oxides or a combination thereof. The zirconia alloy ceramic articles produced have a cubic phase case and a tetragonal phase core.
摘要:
The present invention is a method of producing a ceramic article. The method includes forming an intercalated or exfoliated solution of smectite clay and a polymer selected from polyvinyl alcohols, polyethylene oxides, polystyrene sulfonates, polyacrylamides, polymers of styrene, alkyl acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, olefins, acrylonitriles, polyurethanes and polyester ionomers. The solution is mixed with zirconia stabilized with at least one rare earth oxide element selected from Mg, Ca, Y, Sc and Ce to form a mixture. The mixture is molded into a green part. The green part is sintered to form the ceramic article.
摘要:
The present invention is a method of preparing a ceramic article which includes compacting a particulate alloy of a primary oxide and a secondary oxide to form a blank. The primary oxide is zirconium oxide and the secondary oxide is selected from MgO, CaO, Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3,CeO.sub.2 and rare earth oxides and combinations thereof. The blank is sintered in contact with a smectite containing sol.
摘要:
A method of making an injection molded article having a marbled appearance, including the steps of: mixing at a temperature of at least 100 degrees ° C. polymeric materials having a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.001 to 0.01 cal/cm-sec-° C. wherein the polymeric materials are selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polystyrene, polyester, and polycarbonate or combinations thereof, and one or more materials selected from the group consisting of ceramics, ceramic composites, metals and metal alloys in a blended relationship to form a viscous phase mixture, the materials in the viscous phase mixture being selected so that when in a solid phase it has a density greater than 4 grams/cc and a thermal conductivity greater than 0.101 cal/cm-sec-° C. to form a feedstock; cooling the blended viscous phase mixture to form the feedstock; and using the feedstock in an injection molding machine having a zero compression screw to form the article.
摘要:
Ink jet cartridge for an ink jet printer including an orifice plate having a plurality of orifices for ink ejection; a cartridge for receiving a reservoir having ink which is adapted to be ejected through the orifices, the cartridge including a cleaning manifold having a plurality of inlet and outlet passages through which cleaning fluid can be applied so that such fluid is directed across the surface of the orifice plate; and a plurality of actuable ultrasonic transducers disposed in operative relationship with respect to the orifice plate and which when actuated produce ultrasonic sound waves which impinge upon the orifice plate to loosen debris whereby the cleaning fluid directed across the surface of the orifice plate carries away such loosened debris.
摘要:
An ink jet head has body having a plurality of independent ink compartments each having an inlet orifice, an outlet orifice and a piezoelectric ink actuating element structurally associated with each of said independent ink compartments, said piezoelectric ink actuating element enabling said ink jet head to receive ink from an ink reservoir in fluid communications with said inlet orifice of each one of said plurality of independent ink compartments and then eject droplets of the ink onto a receiver to form an image. The piezoelectric actuating element includes a substantially planar piezoelectric transducer comprising a slab of piezoelectric material having a functionally gradient d-coefficient selected so that the slab changes geometry in response to an applied voltage which produces an electric field in the slab.
摘要:
A method for injection molding fine particulate ceramic ferroelectric materials to form an article such as ink jet printhead includes the steps of spray drying fine particulate ceramic ferroelectric material to form agglomerate material; mixing the spray dried fine particulate ceramic ferroelectric agglomerate material with a binder system including materials selected from the group consisting of wax having wax components of different molecular weight, magnesium-X silicate, agaroid gel forming material, and agaroid gel forming material mixed with magnesium-X silicate to form a compounded material; injecting the compounded material at a selected pressure into a mold to form a green article; debinding or drying the green article; sintering the debinded or dried green article to form the final molded article; poling the final molded article to align the electrical dipoles within the piezoelectric material; forming a coating of conductive material over the top and bottom surfaces of the final molded article and then cutting grooves through conductive coating into the top surface in the valleys of the final molded article to form a channel member; and providing an orifice plate over top surface of the channel member and a substrate over the bottom surface of the channel member.