Abstract: A support grid for filling material packing and to a component set for producing such a support grid, including support strips and top strips which are inclined relative to one another in opposite directions. The support strips and top strips intersect one another, the inclination of each top strip is defined by at least one top strip receiving groove which is made in at least one support strip and in which the top strip is received, and the orientation of each support strip is stabilised by at least one support strip receiving groove in which the support strip is received.

Abstract: A novel CVD method for preparing a layer including refractory carbide crystals, silicon carbide crystals, wherein at least part of the layer is formed from a gas mixture containing a silicon source and an aromatic carbon source, wherein the molar C/Si ratio in said gas mixture is from about 0.85 to about 1.45. Also, layers obtainable by the method and their various uses and applications.

Abstract: A ceramic component containing silicon carbide and to the use of the component. The method for producing the ceramic component includes the following steps: a) providing a green body based on SiC, which has been produced by means of a 3D-printing method, b) impregnating the green body with a solution selected from the group consisting of a sugar solution, a starch solution or a cellulose solution, or a resin system comprising a mixture containing at least one resin, at least one solvent and at least one curing agent, the at least one resin and the at least one solvent being different, c) drying or curing the impregnated green body, d) carbonising the dried or cured green body, wherein a fine-pored, foam-like carbon skeleton is produced from the dried solution or a fine-pored, sponge-like carbon skeleton is produced from the cured resin system.

Abstract: A seal for flange connections, as well as to the production of the seal and its use.

Abstract: A novel composite material which includes silicon and carbon, the amount of silicon being 1-80 wt.-% and at least 90 wt.-% of the composite material being in a density range between a lower density threshold value p*1 and an upper density threshold value p*2. The density threshold values have the following relation: ?*1,2=(1±?)·?, wherein ? is the mean density of the composite material and ±? is the variation range between the upper density threshold value ?*2 and the lower density threshold value ?*1, the amount of ? being <0.10.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrode material for gas diffusion layers, to the electrode material thereby produced and to its use.

Abstract: A unit for recovering hydrogen chloride from an aqueous liquid which includes hydrogen chloride and is contaminated with compounds of low or no volatility, the unit having an evaporation unit for forming, from the liquid, a vapour which contains hydrogen chloride and a liquid concentrate which is contaminated with the compounds of low or no volatility, a first distillation unit for separating the hydrogen-chloride-containing vapour into a first top product and a first bottom product, and a second distillation unit for separating a hydrogen-chloride-containing aqueous fluid into a second top product and a second bottom product, one of these two distillation units being configured to be able to implement therein a distillation above the ambient pressure, and the other of these two distillation units being configured to be able to implement therein a distillation below the ambient pressure.

Abstract: A method for producing the component, and to the use of the component. The method for producing a three-dimensional, ceramic component containing silicon carbide, by a) providing a powdery composition having a grain size (d50) between 3 microns and 500 microns and comprising at least 50 wt % of coke, b) providing a liquid binder, c) depositing a layer of the material provided in a) in a planar manner and locally depositing drops of the material provided in b) onto said layer and repeating step c), the local depositing of the drops in the subsequent repetitions of the step is adapted in accordance with the desired shape of the component to be produced, d) at least partially curing or drying the binder and obtaining a green body having the desired shape of the component, e) carbonising the green body, and f) siliconising the carbonised green body by infiltration with liquid silicon.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydrogen chloride. A pressurized highly concentrated hydrochloric acid having a hydrogen chloride concentration of 35% by weight or above is fed into a high pressure desorption device, the high pressure desorption device is operated at a pressure Pdes of 2 bar or above and at a temperature T from 110 to 200° C. in the bottom of the high pressure desorption device, and the hydrogen chloride is desorbed in the high pressure desorption device.

Abstract: A semi-finished product, to a laid scrim including the semi-finished product, to a component including the laid scrim, and to their production and use for producing a fire protection panel.

Abstract: A refractory carbide multilayer including a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The first layer has an average thickness of at least 25 nm and contains at least one refractory carbide, the second layer has an average thickness of at least 25 nm and contains at least one refractory carbide, the third layer has an average thickness of at least 25 nm and contains at least one refractory carbide, and the first layer has a larger mean linear intercept section grain size than the second layer.

Abstract: Composite materials used as fire protection panels.

Abstract: A support structure, a prosthesis component, and a method for producing a prosthesis component.

Abstract: A bipolar flat element comprising a coating that contains expanded graphite and a binder, the coating being applied to at least one of the two primary surfaces of a flat, electrically conductive element.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carbon-containing particulate product.

Abstract: A plate heat exchanger with two heat exchange plates forming a channel system between the heat exchange plates, the channel system being sealed by a sealing member. The channel system includes a support member, the support member is arranged at a distance from the sealing member and a support member material is different from a material of a heat exchange plate.

Abstract: An insulation element for the thermal insulation of an inductively heatable high-temperature treatment zone. A wall of the insulation element contains a flat material, the resistivity of which is ?F 10-5 to 10-1 ?m and which encloses a hollow space extending through the insulation element and includes a discontinuity, in which the resistivity ?U is greater than ?F. The discontinuity extends from the external surface of the flat material into the flat material but does not interrupt the flat material over the entire cross section of the flat material.

Abstract: A molding tool made of carbon or graphite, namely a casting mold or a casting core for the processing of molten metal or to a molding tool for the processing of molten glass, such as for example a blow mold and a method for producing the molding tool.

Abstract: A ceramic component, wherein the component contains 20 to 60 wt. % SiC, 5 to 40 wt. % free silicon and 10 to 65 wt. % free carbon. The disclosure also relates to the use of the component. The method for producing the ceramic component includes the following steps: a) providing a green body based on carbon, which has been produced by means of a 3D-printing method, b) impregnating the green body with a solution selected from the group consisting of a sugar solution, a starch solution or a cellulose solution, or a resin system including a mixture containing at least one resin, at least one solvent and at least one curing agent, wherein the at least one resin and the at least one solvent are different, c) drying or curing the impregnated green body.

Abstract: A tube bundle-type heat exchanger, to a tube base, and to a method for sealing same. Aspects of the invention relate to a tube base for a tube bundle-type heat exchanger. In particular, the tube base includes a stack of multiple tube base plates with at least one through-opening for receiving a respective tube of the tube bundle-type heat exchanger. The throughopening is sealed by at least one seal ring. Additional aspects relate to a tube bundle-type heat exchanger comprising such a tube base and to a method for sealing a tube bundle-type heat exchanger in particular in the region of the tube base.