摘要:
A body is disclosed which is at least about 90% by weight cordierite, has a mean pore size of less than about 10.0 microns, and a coefficient of thermal expansion of no greater than about 9.0.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. from about 25.degree. C. to 1000.degree. C. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating the body. Raw materials are selected to form a composition consisting essentially of in percent by weight about 12 to 16 magnesium oxide, about 35 to 41 aluminum oxide, and about 43 to 53 silica. The raw materials are absent of clay and talc. The magnesium oxide is supplied by a magnesium oxide component having an average particle size of no greater than about 15.0 micrometers in diameter. The aluminum oxide is supplied by an aluminum oxide component having an average particle size of no greater than about 8.0 micrometers in diameter. The composition is capable of forming cordierite in the subsequent firing step. The raw materials are blended with an affective amount of vehicle and forming aids to impart plastic formability and green strength thereto and form a plastic mixture. The raw materials are formed into a green body which is dried and fired. The firing is done by heating to a first temperature of about 1000.degree. C. to 1200.degree. C. and thereafter raising the temperature at a rate of less than about 100.degree. C. per hour to a second temperature sufficient to form cordierite, and maintaining the second temperature for a sufficient time to form the cordierite body.
摘要:
A body is disclosed which is at least about 90% by weight cordierite, and has a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than about 16.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. from about 25.degree. C. to about 1000.degree. C. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating the body. Raw materials are selected to form a nominal composition consisting essentially of in percent by weight about 11.5 to about 16.5 MgO, about 33.0 to about 41.0 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and about 46.5 to about 53 SiO.sub.2. The raw materials can be a combination of silica and magnesium aluminate spinel, a combination of silica, magnesium aluminate spinel, and a MgO yielding component, or a combination of silica, magnesium aluminate spinel, and a Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 yielding components. The raw materials are provided absent of clay and talc. The raw materials are blended with an effective amount of vehicle and forming aids to impart plastic formability and green strength thereto form a plastic mixture. The raw materials are formed into a green body which is dried and fired at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to form the cordierite body.
摘要:
A ceramic filter for trapping and combusting diesel exhaust particulates composed of an end-plugged cordierite honeycomb structure exhibiting a pore size distribution as determined by mercury porosimetry in which the quantity d50/(d50+d90) as related to pore size distribution is less than 0.70, a soot loaded permeability factor Sf, as defined by the equation [d50/(d50+d90)]/[% porosity/100], of less than 1.55, and, a coefficient of thermal expansion (25–800° C.) of no greater than 17×10−7/° C. The ceramic filter further exhibits a median pore diameter, d50, of at least 4 micrometers and up to 40 micrometers. A method of making the filter is provided.
摘要:
The present invention is directed at sintered ceramic articles exhibiting a crystalline phase assemblage comprising, by weight, of 65-95% cordierite and 5-35% of a secondary phase selected from the group consisting of mullite, magnesium-aluminate spinel, and sapphirine and having a bulk analytical composition consisting essentially of about, by weight, 32-51% SiO2, 35-49% Al2O3, 7-16% MgO. Furthermore, the ceramic articles exhibit an effective strength of greater than about 3000, a CTE of less than about 15×10−7/° C., over the temperature range of 25° C., to 1000° C., and a total intrusion porosity, as measured by a Hg intrusion method, of at least 20%. This invention also relates to a method for producing a sintered ceramic article having the aforementioned cordierite and secondary minor phase mixture.
摘要翻译:本发明涉及显示结晶相组合的烧结陶瓷制品,其包含按重量计包含65-95%的堇青石和5-35%的选自莫来石,铝酸镁尖晶石和蓝宝石的第二相,以及 其具有基本上由约重量计的32-51%SiO 2,35-49%Al 2 O 3,7-16%MgO组成的本体分析组合物。 此外,陶瓷制品在25℃至1000℃的温度范围内表现出大于约3000的有效强度,小于约15×10-7 /℃的CTE,并且总侵入孔隙率 (通过Hg侵入法测量)至少为20%。 本发明还涉及一种具有上述堇青石和二次次相混合物的烧结陶瓷制品的制造方法。
摘要:
A method for treating a microcracked, ceramic substrate is provided that obviates the need for filling the microcracks of the substrate via a passivation step prior to sintering a layer of washcoat to the surfaces of the substrate that may either contain a catalyst, or provide a support layer for a catalyst subsequently applied. In the first step of the method, a slurry of particles of a washcoating composition is applied over the surface of the substrate such that particles of the composition are lodged into microcracks of the substrate. Next, the substrate is heat treated to between about 700° C. and 1300° C. The method is particularly applicable to ceramic honeycomb structures used as catalytic converters in automotive exhaust systems.
摘要:
The present invention is directed toward the improvement of the properties of cordierite sintered structures. The improvement consists essentially of heat treating the calcined kaolin component which when added to the batch of ray materials increases the thermal shock resistance and decreases the coefficient of thermal expansion.
摘要:
Cordierite-containing articles are produced by a method comprising the steps of providing raw materials including including alumina-yielding ingredients, magnesia-yielding ingredients, and silica-yielding ingredients, suitable to form an analytical batch composition by weight on an oxide basis of 9-20 weight percent MgO, 30-50 weight percent Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, and 41-56.5 weight percent SiO.sub.2. The raw materials include talc having a BET surface area of no greater than about 4.0 m.sup.2 /g, and uncalcined clay having an average particle size of no greater than about 2.0 .mu.m. The raw materials are blended with an effective amount of vehicle and forming aids to form a plastic mixture. The plastic mixture is anisostatically formed into a green body and dried. The dried green body is fired at a temperature and for a time effective to form a cordierite/containing ceramic article. The cordierite-containing articles exhibit a coefficient of thermal expansion of not greater than about 4.0.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C. and transverse I ratios of not less than about 0.85. The method of the present invention is particularly useful in forming cordierite honeycomb structures used as catalyst supports for automobiles or as particulate filters for the exhaust fluids of diesel engines.
摘要:
A method for treating a microcracked, ceramic substrate is provided that obviates the need for filling the microcracks of the substrate via a passivation step prior to sintering a layer of washcoat to the surfaces of the substrate that may either contain a catalyst, or provide a support layer for a catalyst subsequently applied. In the first step of the method, a slurry of particles of a washcoating composition is applied over the surface of the substrate such that particles of the composition are lodged into microcracks of the substrate. Next, the substrate is heat treated to between about 700° C. and 1300° C. The applicants have discovered that such heat treating not only sets the washcoating particles into the substrate, but also causes the microcracks in the substrate to permanently enlarge as a result of the resistance of the lodged particles of washcoating composition against the walls of the microcracks as they attempt to close as a result of thermal expansion of the substrate. The consequent enlargement of the microcracks advantageously reduces both the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and the modulus of elasticity (Emod) of the resulting substrate without substantially reducing the modulus of rupture strength (MOR) of the resulting substrate such that the thermal shock parameter TSP=MOR/[CTE·Emod] remains substantially the same or is higher. The method is particularly applicable to ceramic honeycomb structures used as catalytic converters in automotive exhaust systems.
摘要:
A body is made up of at least about 93% by weight cordierite, having a coefficient of thermal expansion of no greater than about 4.times.10.sup.-7 .degree.C.sup.-1, from about 25.degree. C. to about 800.degree.0 C., and a total porosity of greater than about 42%. A method for producing the body which includes selecting raw materials to form a composition which forms cordierite on firing, the raw materials being composed of: talc having a BET surface area of no greater than about 5 m.sup.2 /g, 0 to about 48% by weight of clay, which can be platelet clay, stacked clay which can be delaminated into platelets during processing, and mixtures thereof, an aluminum oxide yielding component having an average particle size of either about 3 to about 8 micrometers in diameter, or no greater than about 3 micrometers in diameter, and free silica, intimately blending the raw materials with an effective amount of vehicle and forming aids to impart plastic formability and green strength to the raw materials and to form a plastic mixture therefrom. If the particle size of the aluminum oxide yielding component is no greater than about 3 micrometers in diameter, the raw materials are blended additionally with a burnout agent. The raw materials are formed into a green body which is dried and fired at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient time to form the cordierite body.
摘要:
A method of preparing a precursor or cordierite-forming particulate raw material mixture is improved upon by characterizing the talc particles utilized in the raw material mixture in accordance with a Morphology X-ray Diffraction Index or the surface area of the talc particles. Talc particles having a predetermined or desired Morphology X-ray Diffraction Index or surface area are utilized in preparing the raw material mixture. A cordierite article is produced having pores therethrough, which pores have shapes that are "blocky" or "platy" as a result of the talc morphology. "Platy" pores in the fired cordierite article result in higher Water Absorption values and an increase in coatability by high surface area washcoat and catalyst; conversely, "blocky" pores result in lower Water Absorption values and a decrease in coatability by high surface area washcoat and catalyst.