Abstract: Wear protection sheets containing hard material particles having a metallic shell and solder material particles selected from the group consisting of soft solders, hard solders and high-temperature solders, the use of the wear protection sheets and a process for producing them by tape casting are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing for the gas-tight connection of two elements of a fuel cell stack comprising an electrically non-conducting spacer component and at least one solder component solid or viscous over its entire extension at the operating temperature of the fuel cell stack and coupling the spacer component to at least one of the elements to be connected of the fuel cell stack in a gas-tight manner. According to the invention it is envisaged that the spacer component is formed of a ceramic material. The invention further relates to a fuel cell stack in which, according to the invention, it is envisaged that a distribution of forces compressing the fuel cell stack in the axial direction is directly transmitted to at least one of the elements to be connected by the spacer component. The invention further relates to production methods for seals and fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polar plate (10, 12), particularly an end plate (10) or a bipolar plate (12), for a fuel cell stack (14) comprising at least one flow field (16) accessible from at least one side of the polar plate (10, 12). In this connection it is, according to the invention, contemplated that the at least one flow field (16) is accessible via a plurality of access orifices (18). The invention further relates to a termination unit and a repetitive unit for a fuel cell stack as well as a fuel cell stack.

Abstract: Chlorine-resistant elastic polyurethane urea fibers containing hydrotalcites coated with metal fatty acid salts which are useful in aqueous, chlorine-containing environments, such as for swimming pool liners, and process for their production.

Abstract: A process for coating substrates with a silicon-containing protective layer by chemical vapor deposition with a silicon-containing compound of the structural formula (1): in which R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: This invention relates to amorphous fibers containing Si, B and N, to a process for the production thereof and to the use thereof, and to composites containing these amorphous fibers and the production thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to new amorphous, high-strength SiBN(C) fibers which are at the same time resistant to high-temperature creep, their production and use. The fibers have a strength at room temperature of >2.5 GPa, a modulus of elasticity of >250 GPa and a creep value m of from 0.4 to 1 (in accordance with standard BSR test, 1 hour, 1400.degree. C.).

Abstract: The invention relates to new amorphous, high-strength SiBN(C) fibres which are at the same time resistant to high-temperature creep, their production and use.The fibres have a strength at room temperature of >2.5 GPa, a modulus of elasticity of >250 GPa and a creep value m of from 0.4 to 1 (in accordance with standard BSR test, 1 hour, 1400.degree. C.).

Abstract: The invention relates to new amorphous, high-strength SiBN(C) fibers which are at the same time resistant to high-temperature creep, their production and use. The fibers have a strength at room temperature of >2.5 GPa, a modulus of elasticity of >250 GPa and a creep value m of from 0.4 to 1 (in accordance with standard BSR test, 1 hour, 1400.degree. C.).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of sintered materials comprising BN, sintering additives and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 and SiAlON, wherein the BN component is present in the form of crystalline particles with an average particle size <2 .mu.m and the BN content amounts to between 0.1 and 34 vol-%. In the process, a single phase amorphous Si--B--N component with a specific surface <1.5 m/g and optionally Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 -powder is mixed with oxidic and/or nitridic sintering additives to form a mixture, the mixture is formed into a moulded article, and the moulded article is sintered at temperatures in the range from 1,450.degree. C. to 2,100.degree. C. in an atmosphere which contains N.sub..sub.2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric multinary azanes built up from units of the general formula [E(NR.sup.1 R.sup.2).sub.a (NR.sup.3).sub.b/2 ], wherein E may be B,Al,Ga,In,Si,Ge,Ti, Zr, Hf,V,Nb,Ta,Cr,Mo or W and R.sup.1,R.sup.2,R.sup.3 may be H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, vinyl or phenyl; methods for the preparation of these polymers and their use as precursors for high-performance ceramics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel preceramic oligo- or polyborosilazane compounds having the structural feature Si--N--B, and to a ceramic material based on SiN and BN, to a process for the production thereof and to the use of the polyborosilazanes and the ceramic materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new trichlorosilylamino-alanes, new aluminosilazane compounds, new oligo or polyaluminosilazane compounds having the structural feature .tbd.Si--NH--Al, a silicon-aluminium nitride ceramic powder, ceramic material based on SiN and AlN, processes for the preparation of these substances and the use of the polyaluminosilazanes and of the ceramic materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-needle silicon nitride of high .alpha.-content, wherein an amorphous nitrogen-containing silane compound is mixed with a crystalline or amorphous compound comprising the elements silicon, phosphorus and nitrogen to form a mixture which is heat-treated at temperatures above 1000.degree. C. to form the low-needle silicon nitride. The present invention also relates to the silicon-, nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing compound which is used as the starting material in the process for the production of the low-needle silicon nitride, and the process for the production of the silicon-, nitrogen-and phosphorus-containing compound.

Abstract: Silicon boron nitride ceramics are produced from polyborosilizanes obtained from polymerized Cl.sub.3 Si--NH--BClX wherein X is --Cl or --NH--Si--Cl.sub.3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of low-needle silicon nitride of high .alpha.-content, wherein an amorphous nitrogen-containing silane compound is mixed with a crystalline or amorphous compound comprising the elements silicon, phosphorus and nitrogen to form a mixture which is heat-treated at temperatures above 1000.degree. C. to form the low-needle silicon nitride. The present invention also relates to the silicon-, nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing compound which is used as the starting material in the process for the production of the low-needle silicon nitride, and the process for the production of the silicon-, nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing compound.

Abstract: Silicon diimide having a carbon content of at most 0.5% by weight and a chlorine content of at most 20 ppm is prepared by reacting ammonia with organyl amino silane at 50.degree.-300.degree. C. at elevated pressure and is useful as an intermediate for high grade silicon nitride.

Abstract: Silicon boron nitride ceramics are produced from polyborosilizanes obtained from polymerized Cl.sub.3 Si--NH--BClX wherein X is --Cl or --NH--Si--Cl.sub.3.