Abstract:
A method for optimizing the performance characteristics of a combustion synthesized ceramic or metal ceramic product is provided, comprising the steps of initially applying sufficient current to the product so as to raise the temperature of the product to a minimum of 50 % of the melting point in degrees Kelvin, of the lowest melting phase in the product and thereby densifying the product. A method for enhancing the adherence of a ceramic or metal ceramic electrical heating element to an electrical terminal, and for improving the electrical properties of the resulting product is also provided.
Abstract:
Electrical heating elements and related articles having oxidation resistance at high temperatures, produced by a method involving micropyretic synthesis. A composition subjected to micropyretic synthesis comprises a filler material, a reactive system capable of undergoing micropyretic synthesis, and (optionally) a plasticizer or extrusion agent. The method of preparation of articles includes slurry techniques, plastic extrusion, slip casting, or coating.
Abstract:
The proposed method relates to powder metallurgy. The method provides for applying an exothermic mix on a metal sublayer, putting the blank in a heat treatment zone where a gas medium pressure is created of 1 to 100 atm. and the exothermic mix is ignited with the subsequent reaction of its components at a burning regime at a temperature by 1.6 to 2.6 times higher than the melting point of the metal sublayer and at such a level of the heat-removal at which only surface layer of the metal sublayer is melted, after which the blank is cooled down and the desired article is obtained. The invention may be most effectively used, in particular, for making flat laminar articles working under heavy conditions of abrasive wear in aggressive media at high temperatures.
Abstract:
A porous refractory material with a porosity of 25-70 per cent by volume and with 99.7 per cent of open pores, obtained by compression of an exothermic mixture comprising at least one metal from Groups IV to VI and VIII of the periodic system and at least one non-metal: boron, carbon, silicon, with subsequent thermo-vacuum treatment of the mixture at a temperature of 300-700°C, bringing the temperature to 200-1050°C and, finally, initiating the burning of that mixture in the vacuum. To make an article of said material a blank is formed, the density of which corresponds to that of the future article and which is treated in a similar manner. Articles of a complex form are obtained from blanks (1) assembled together with cover-pieces (2) formed of a mixture having the same composition.
Abstract:
The method relates to obtaining superconducting materials, in particular, compounds of formula (I) where Y = 6-8, Ln is Y, -Sc or a lanthanoid; M is Ba, Ca, Sr; M is Cu; Cu + Ag, or of formula (II) where x = 1-2 and consists in a local initiation of an exothermic reaction in a mixture of initial components chosen so as to obtain the above-mentioned compounds. The exothermic mixture of components consists of an incombustible component and an igniting component, the latter comprising: at least one metal chosen from the group: a rare-earth metal of the periodic system from the following: scandium, yttrium, lanthanoids, a metal of the second group of the periodic system, a metal of the first group of the periodic system and/or a hydride of at least one of the metals mentioned.
Abstract translation:该方法涉及获得超导材料,特别是其中Y = 6-8,Ln为Y,-Sc或镧系元素的式(I)化合物; M II是Ba,Ca,Sr; M I是Cu; Cu + Ag或式(II)的化合物,其中x = 1-2,并且在选择的初始组分的混合物中局部引发放热反应,以获得上述化合物。 组分的放热混合物由不可燃组分和点燃组分组成,后者包括:至少一种选自以下的金属:以下的周期性系统的稀土金属:钪,钇,镧系元素,金属镧 周期性系统的第二组,第一组周期性系统的金属和/或至少一种所述金属的氢化物。
Abstract:
A method of additive manufacturing to form a component comprises successively depositing a plurality of layers to form the component. Depositing at least one of the plurality of layers includes depositing a layer of a first particulate precursor over a platen, depositing a second particulate precursor on portions of the platen over the layer of the first particulate precursor specified by a controller, and directing energy to the second particulate precursor deposited on the portion of the platen to cause an exothermic chemical reaction between the first particulate precursor and the second particulate precursor. The exothermic chemical reaction produces heat that sinters products of the chemical reaction to fabricate the layer of the component.
Abstract:
A process and apparatus for making a ceramic article, especially pipes and tubes of ceramic material such as silicon carbide, in which the article is formed by projecting a ceramic powder mixture comprising refractory particles and combustible particles against a smooth-surfaced metal former which is heated to a temperature of at least 850 DEG C where in the presence of an oxygen-rich gas the combustible particles react exothermically to produce from the refractory particles and the reaction product of the combustible particles a coherent refractory article in the shape of the former.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the production of industrial ceramics and fire-resistant materials and can be used in the preparation of lightweight fire-resistant articles intended for use at temperatures of up to 1700 DEG C. The proposed charge for obtaining cordierite comprises the following components: 0.1-5.8 wt.% magnesium oxide, 0.3-14.8 % alumina, 49.4-53.4 % silica and 28.0-50.2 % alumino-magnesia spinel. The latter is obtained by one of two proposed methods from "fresh" saline or leached slags produced during the production of aluminium alloys. In one of the methods, alumino-magnesia spinel is obtained by roasting crushed slag containing 16-30 wt.% aluminium oxide, 2-15 % magnesium oxide, 30-70 % sodium and potassium chlorides, 2-15 % aluminium, 0.1-10 % silicon oxide, 2-8 % other additives; the roasting process involves heating the charge to 1450-1550 DEG C at a rate of 100-300 DEG C per hour and keeping it at the maximum temperature for between one and six hours. The second method involves the use of a leached slag comprising 20-50 wt.% alumium oxide, 3-20 % magnesium oxide, 5-25 % aluminium, 0.2-15 % silicon oxide and 5-20 % other additives. The slag is mixed with carbon powder (3-15 % by weight of the total mixture) and heated to 900-1200 DEG C until the initial mixture ignites. To increase the yield of alumino-magnesia spinel, the product can be subjected to further roasting at a temperature of 1400-1500 DEG C.
Abstract:
A composite material based on the product of combustion synthesis and/or heat generation, and an effective process for producing the same. The composite material is essentially (1) a refractory/metal composite material which comprises one or more skeletal structures formed by joining three-dimensionally one or more types of refractory particle selected from among carbides, borides, nitrides and silicides of metals selected from among titanium, zirconium, tantalum, niobium, silicon, chromium, tungsten and molybdenum and a metallic phase comprising an alloy or intermetallic compound filled in the gaps within or among the skeletal structures, or (2) a sintered composite material comprising superabrasive grains dispersed in the surface or surface layer part including the part corresponding to the working face of a matrix or the whole of a matrix containing a metallic substance produced by combustion synthesis and/or a refractory. It is effective to use also superabrasive grains coated with a metal or nonmetal in a specified manner.
Abstract:
A method of producing a component of an aluminium production cell made of a carbon-based composite material containing a refractory hard metal boride, carbide, oxide, nitride or combinations or mixtures thereof and aluminium, titanium, silicon and zirconium, and alloys and compounds thereof, comprises firstly providing a reaction mixture of aluminium, titanium, silicon or zirconium and precursors which react to form the refractory hard metal compound, and optional fillers and additives. The reaction mixture is mixed with particulate carbon in an amount of from 1 to 20 parts by weight of carbon for 1 part by weight of the reaction mixture; and with a colloidal binder containing at least one of colloidal silica, alumina, yttria, ceria, thoria, zirconia, magnesia, lithia, in an amount to fully wet the carbon particles. The resulting mixture is compacted and dried and heated to initiate reaction of the reaction mixture by self-propagating micropyretic reaction.