Patent number: 6458732
Abstract: A dry refractory composition having superior insulating value. The dry refractory composition also may have excellent resistance to molten metals and slags. The composition includes filler lightweight material, which may be selected from perlite, vermiculite, expanded shale, expanded fireclay, expanded alumina silica hollow spheres, bubble alumina, sintered porous alumina, alumina spinel insulating aggregate, calcium alumina insulating aggregate, expanded mulllite, cordierite, and anorthite, and matrix material, which may be selected from calcined alumina, fused alumina, sintered magnesia, fused magnesia, silica fume, fused silica, silicon carbide, boron carbide, titanium diboride, zirconium boride, boron nitride, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, Sialon, titanium oxide, barium sulfate, zircon, a sillimanite group mineral, pyrophyllite, fireclay, carbon, and calcium fluoride.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 7, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 1, 2002
Assignee:
Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Douglas K. Doza, John Y. Liu
Publication number: 20020013214
Abstract: An oxide ion conductor is manufactured having a relatively high mechanical strength while the ionic conduction thereof is maintained at a satisfactory level. The oxide ion conductor is represented by the formula Ln11-xAxGa1-y-z-wB1yB2zB3wO3-d. In the oxide ion conductor, Ln1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, and Sm, A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, and Ba, B1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Al, and In, B2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, and Cu, and B3 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Co, Ni, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, and Zr, wherein x is 0.05 to 0.3, y is 0.025 to 0.29, z is 0.01 to 0.15, w is 0.01 to 0.15, y+z+w is 0.035 to 0.3, and d is 0.04 to 0.3.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 5, 2001
Publication date:
January 31, 2002
Applicant:
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Inventors:
Kiyoshi Kuroda, Takashi Yamada, Yoshitaka Tamo, Kazunori Adachi