Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body comprising a peripheral skin layer and a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core, the fiber embedded in the peripheral skin layer is described. A method of making a honeycomb body having a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core and embedded in the peripheral skin layer is also described.

Abstract: A method of making a porous cordierite ceramic article using chlorite raw material is described herein. The method includes mixing materials to form a cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture includes a chlorite raw material in an amount of about 5% to about 60% by weight and a platy aluminum silicate raw material in an amount of 0% to about 30% by weight of the total inorganic content of the cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture is then formed into a green body and fired to form the porous cordierite ceramic article. In some cases, the porous cordierite ceramic article exhibits a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which provides the article with high thermal shock resistance.

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb body comprising a peripheral skin layer and a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core, the fiber embedded in the peripheral skin layer is described. A method of making a honeycomb body having a fiber extending around the outer periphery of a honeycomb core and embedded in the peripheral skin layer is also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microcracked ceramic body, comprising a predominant phase (greater than 50 wt %) of zirconium tin titanate and a dilatometric coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) from 25 to 1000 C of not more than 40×10?7° C.?1 as measured by dilatometry and methods for the manufacture of the same.

Abstract: A method of making a porous cordierite ceramic article using chlorite raw material is described herein. The method includes mixing materials to form a cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture includes a chlorite raw material in an amount of about 5% to about 60% by weight and a platy aluminum silicate raw material in an amount of 0% to about 30% by weight of the total inorganic content of the cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture is then formed into a green body and fired to form the porous cordierite ceramic article. In some cases, the porous cordierite ceramic article exhibits a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which provides the article with high thermal shock resistance.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microcracked ceramic body, comprising a predominant phase (greater than 50 wt %) of zirconium tin titanate and a dilatometric coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) from 25 to 1000 C of not more than 40×10?7° C.?1 as measured by dilatometry and methods for the manufacture of the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of a tialite phase and at least one silicate phase with a rare earth oxide and zirconium additions and methods for the manufacture of the same.

Abstract: Ceramic materials and ceramic bodies are disclosed herein, such as low thermal expansion ceramic materials or ceramic bodies, such as ceramic bodies comprising a benitoite-type phase.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate. Also disclosed are porous ceramic honeycomb structures comprising a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate and methods of preparing a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass-ceramic substrates with a III-V semiconductor layer, for example, a GaN layer that can be used in LED lighting devices. The glass-ceramics material is in the anorthite-rutile (CaAl2Si2O8+TiO2) family or in the cordierite-enstatite (SiO2—Al2O3—MgO—TiO2) family.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: A porous ceramic honeycomb article includes a primary cordierite phase and an intercrystalline glass phase. In an as-fired condition, the porous ceramic honeycomb article exhibits microcrack parameter Nb3?0.06 and an as-fired E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?0.99. The article exhibits a coated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.14 and a coated E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?1.06 after the porous ceramic honeycomb article has been washcoated and calcined at a temperature of 550° C. After the article is exposed to a thermal treatment at a temperature ?800° C. following washcoating and calcining, at least a first portion of the porous ceramic honeycomb article has a first treated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.18, and a first treated mean coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than 12×10?7/° C. over a temperature range of 25° C. to 800° C. Methods of forming the porous ceramic honeycomb article are also disclosed.

Abstract: Ceramic materials and ceramic bodies are disclosed herein, such as low thermal expansion ceramic materials or ceramic bodies, such as ceramic bodies comprising a benitoite-type phase.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate. Also disclosed are porous ceramic honeycomb structures comprising a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate and methods of preparing a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate. Also disclosed are porous ceramic honeycomb structures comprising a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate and methods of preparing a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic bodies comprised of composite cordierite aluminum magnesium titanate ceramic compositions and methods for the manufacture of same.

Abstract: A porous ceramic honeycomb article includes a primary cordierite phase and an intercrystalline glass phase. In an as-fired condition, the porous ceramic honeycomb article exhibits microcrack parameter Nb3?0.06 and an as-fired E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?0.99. The article exhibits a coated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.14 and a coated E500° C./E25° C. ratio ?1.06 after the porous ceramic honeycomb article has been washcoated and calcined at a temperature of 550° C. After the article is exposed to a thermal treatment at a temperature ?800° C. following washcoating and calcining, at least a first portion of the porous ceramic honeycomb article has a first treated microcrack parameter Nb3?0.18, and a first treated mean coefficient of thermal expansion of not more than 12×10?7/° C. over a temperature range of 25° C. to 800° C. Methods of forming the porous ceramic honeycomb article are also disclosed.