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| 20090069163 | TOUGH CORDIERITE GLASS-CERAMICS - An internally nucleated, toughened cordierite glass-ceramic is disclosed. The cordierite glass-ceramic has good oxidation resistance and fracture toughness and coefficient of thermal expansion rivaling that of silicon nitride. The glass-ceramic may be cast as a liquid. Annealing produces a material of high crystallinity combining high hardness, high Young's modulus, good thermal stability, high strength, low density and good dielectric properties. The glass-ceramic comprises interlocking crystalline phases dominated by cordierite and a second phase having an elongated or acicular structure. A third phase may comprise a crystalline ceramic that promotes acicularity of the second phase. The third phase is preferably capable of twinning. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090274869 | COLORED MACHINABLE GLASS-CERAMICS - The invention relates to opaque, colored glass-ceramic articles and to the production of opaque, colored glass-ceramic articles which can be readily formed to a desired shape using standard metal-working tools. The glass-ceramic material used to make such articles contains mica crystals as the predominant phase. The desired color is obtained through the addition of a colorant system to the precursor glass. In a particular embodiment the invention is directed to a black glass-ceramic article, the black color being obtained by the addition of iron oxides in levels as high as 20 wt %, which can yield a glass-ceramic having an iron-rice mica phase and/or a glass ceramic having an iron-rich mica phase plus an iron oxide phase. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090297764 | Stablized Low-Microcracked Ceramic Honeycombs And Methods Thereof - Disclosed are stabilized, high-porosity cordierite honeycomb substrates having little or no microcracking, and a high thermal shock resistance. The porous ceramic honeycomb substrates generally comprise a primary cordierite ceramic phase as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the cordierite substrates. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090318277 | HIGH STRENGTH MACHINABLE GLASS-CERAMICS - In one aspect the invention is directed to a machinable glass-ceramic having a high degree of crystallinity (greater than 50 Vol. %), high mechanical strength (MOR>150 MPa) In accordance with the invention, the machinable glass-ceramics described herein consists essentially of, in weight percent, 35-55% SiO | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100326029 | Permeable Material, Articles made therefrom and method of manufacture - The invention is directed to a honeycomb comprising cordierite and beta-spudomene, the honeycomb a having total porosity of greater than 30% and a mean pore diameter of less than 5 μm. The honeycomb is made from a mixture of activated kaolin and a mineral selected from the group consisting of lithium fluorhectorite, lithium hydroxyhectorite and mixtures thereof. In one embodiment up to 20 wt % SiO2, based on the total weight of the kaolin and minerals (fluarhectorite, hydroxyhectorite) is added and mixed therein prior to the formation of the green body. In another embodiment the amount of added SiO2 is up to 10 wt %. In one embodiment the total porosity is greater than 50% and the mean pore diameter is less than 5 μm. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110092353 | DURABLE GLASS-CERAMIC HOUSINGS/ENCLOSURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention relates glass ceramic articles suitable for use as electronic device housing or enclosures which comprise a glass-ceramic material. Particularly, a glass-ceramic article housing/enclosure comprising a glass-ceramic material exhibiting both radio and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.5 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz, a fracture toughness of greater than 1.5 MPa·m | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110129640 | METHOD AND BINDER FOR POROUS ARTICLES - A method for making porous articles, including: depositing a powder mixture layer comprising a binder powder, and at least one structural powder; contacting the powder mixture layer and an aqueous liquid to selectively activate the binder powder and form a green layer; repeating the depositing and the contacting sequence at least one time; and de-powdering and drying of the resulting green body. The binder powder can include, for example, a protein that is soluble in water at or below about 25° C. The disclosure also provides articles, having high porosity and optionally intricate 3D structures, as defined herein. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110130264 | NEGATIVE-CTE GLASS-CERAMICS FREE OF MICROCRACKS - A glass-ceramic composition, an article, and methods of making and using the composition and article as defined herein. The glass-ceramic compositions and articles have negative-CTE and are substantially free of microcracks. | 06-02-2011 |
