Abstract: Method for producing silicon carbide fibers by mixing discontinuous isotropic carbon fibers with a silica source and exposing the mixture to a temperature of from about 1450° C. to about 1800° C. The silicon carbide fibers are essentially devoid of whiskers have excellent resistance to oxidation and excellent response to microwave energy, and can readily be formed into a ceramic medium employing conventional ceramic technology. The fibers also may be used for plastic and metal reinforcement.

Abstract: Silicon carbide fibers are produced by mixing discontinuous isotropic carbon fibers with a silica source and exposing the mixture to a temperature of from about 1450° C. to about 1800° C. The silicon carbide fibers are essentially devoid of whiskers have excellent resistance to oxidation and excellent response to microwave energy, and can readily be formed into a ceramic medium employing conventional ceramic technology. The fibers also may be used for plastic and metal reinforcement.

Abstract: Silicon carbide fibers are produced by mixing discontinuous isotropic carbon fibers with a silica source and exposing the mixture to a temperature of from about 1450° C. to about 1800° C. The silicon carbide fibers are essentially devoid of whiskers have excellent resistance to heating and excellent response to microwave energy, and can readily be formed into a ceramic medium employing conventional ceramic technology. The fibers also may be used for plastic and metal reinforcement.

Abstract: A composite and pressureless sintering process for making whisker-reinforced alumina composites using about 1 to about 7.5 wt. % of a nitride modifier consisting essentially of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, or mixtures thereof that produces a sintered body having a density of greater than 95% theoretical.

Abstract: A composite and pressureless sintering process for making whisker-reinforced alumina composites using a nitride modifier. The whiskers are milled to an aspect ratio of less than 10. Green preform bodies are surrounded by a carbonaceous material during the sintering process to prevent direct exposure of the body surface to the atmosphere within the sintering furnace during the sintering step.

Abstract: A composite and pressureless sintering process for making whisker-reinforced alumina composites using about 2 to about 7.5 wt. % of a nitride modifier consisting essentially of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, or mixtures thereof produces a sintered body having a density of greater than about 95% theoretical.

Abstract: Cutting tools are disclosed which are comprised of composite bodies comprising a ceramic matrix reinforced by ceramic whiskers. The ceramic matrix may be alumina or silicon nitride, and may contain toughening components. The whiskers are preferably silicon carbide, but may be other known ceramic whiskers. Whisker content in the composite is 2-40%, with higher contents generally used for tools when the expected service involves interrupted cutting and lower contents generally used for continuous cutting tools.

Abstract: Cutting tools are disclosed which are comprised of composite bodies comprising a ceramic matrix reinforced by ceramic whiskers. The ceramic matrix may be alumina or silicon nitride, and may contain toughening components. The whiskers are preferably silicon carbide, but may be other known ceramic whiskers. Whisker content in the composite is 2-40%, with higher contents generally used for tools when the expected service involves interrupted cutting and lower contents generally used for continuous cutting tools.

Abstract: A catalyst support coating slurry resistant to gel formation and adapted to form a tightly adherent thermally durable coating on a refractory ceramic or metallized ceramic substrate, consisting essentially of fumed alumina in the amount of from 5 to 70 weight percent of the solids and at least one of the active alumina forming materials, e.g., gamma system aluminas, consisting of the alumina hydrates boehmite and pseudoboehmite in the amount of 30 to 95 weight percent of the solids, said aluminas being suspended in sufficient deionized water to form a slurry having the desired application characteristics and constituting about 30-36% by weight of said slurry.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment a sintered sodium beta-alumina article is made by forming an aqueous acidic colloidal solution (sol) of a dispersible alpha-alumina monohydrate, adding an aqueous solution of an inorganic oxygen-containing sodium salt to the sol to form a thixotropic gel in which the molar ratio of alumina to sodium oxide is in the range of 5 to 11, spray drying the gel to form a free flowing powder, pressing the powder into an article of predetermined shape, heating the pressed article to drive off volatile material, and then sintering the article at a temperature to form a densified sodium beta-alumina structure. When desired, water soluble oxygen-containing inorganic salts of metals such as lithium or magnesium may be added to the sol to form a modified (doped) sodium beta-alumina composition.