Abstract: The mixture of molten alumina-zircon grains has the following chemical composition in percentage by weight to give 100%: 40-45.5% ZrO+HfO2; 46-58% Al2O3; 0-10% additive; <0.8% SIO2 and <1,2% impurities. The mixture is characterised in that the degree of impurity-containing grains is less than 2% and the nodule concentration measured on the section of any grain of the mixture is greater than 500 nodules per mm2 in at least 50% of cases.

Abstract: The invention relates to molten grains having the following chemical composition in wt % in terms of oxides: Al2O3: balance to 100%; ZrO2+HfO2: 16-24%; MgO in an amount such that the weight ratio (ZrO2+HfO2)/MgO is between 25 and 65; other species: 0-2%. The grains can be used as abrasive grains.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mixture of fused grains mainly comprising or composed of an oxide phase of pseudo-brookite type and comprising titanium, aluminum and magnesium, said fused grains having the following chemical composition, in weight percentages on the basis of the oxides: less than 55% of Al2O3; more than 30% and less than 70% of TiO2; more than 1% and less than 15% of MgO, said fused grains also corresponding to the following composition, in molar percentages and on the basis of the single oxides Al2O3, TiO2, MgO: 180?3t+a?220, a?50, m=100?a?t, in which: a is the molar percentage of Al2O3; t is the molar percentage of TiO2; m is the molar percentage of MgO. The invention also relates to a ceramic product obtained from such fused grains.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coated grain comprising a fused base grain at least partially covered with a coating comprising silica, the base grain comprising more than 40% of alumina as a percentage by weight based on the weight of the base grain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a molten product comprising: the element lanthanum (La), an element (Ln) selected from the group consisting of praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), holmium (Ho), erbium (Er), thulium (Tm), ytterbium (Yb), lutetium (Lu), yttrium (Y), and mixtures thereof, the element cerium (Ce), an element Qa selected from the group consisting of calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba) and mixtures thereof, the element manganese (Mn), an element Qb selected from the group consisting of magnesium (Mg), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), indium (In), niobium (Nb) and mixtures thereof, the element oxygen (O).

Abstract: The present invention provides a powder constituted by a set of grains, characterized in that the 10 percentile of the cumulative granulometric distribution of the grain sizes, commencing from the fines, D10, is 4 ?m or more, at least 40% by number of the grains having a form factor R between the length and the width of more than 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fused product comprising LTM perovskite, L designating lanthanum, T being an element selected from strontium, calcium, magnesium, barium, yttrium, ytterbium, cerium, and mixtures of these elements, and X designating manganese.

Abstract: Molten ceramic grains are intended, for example, for applications involving abrading tools, having the following average chemical weight composition, expressed in weight percent based on oxide content: Al2O3: 93% to 97.5%; MgO: 2.2 to 6.5%; SiO2: <0.1%; other impurities: <0.4%.

Abstract: An alumina-titanium oxide-zirconia fused grain presenting, for a total of 100%, the following chemical composition: Al2O3: more than 10% and less than 50%; TiO2: more than 10% and less than 40%; ZrO2: more than 50%; and impurities: less than 2%; the percentages being percentages by weight on the basis of the oxides. The invention is applicable to slide gates for continuous casting of steel.

Abstract: The mixture of molten alumina-zircon grains has the following chemical composition in percentage by weight to give 100%: 40-45.5% ZrO+HfO2; 46-58% Al2O3; 0-10% additive; <0.8% SIO2 and<1,2% impurities. The mixture is characterised in that the degree of impurity-containing grains is less than 2% and the nodule concentration measured on the section of any grain of the mixture is greater than 500 nodules per mm2 in at least 50% of cases.

Abstract: An alumina-titanium oxide-zirconia fused grain presenting, for a total of 100%, the following chemical composition: Al2O3: more than 10% and less than 50%; TiO2: more than 10% and less than 40%; ZrO2: more than 50%; and impurities: less than 2%; the percentages being percentages by weight on the basis of the oxides. The invention is applicable to slide gates for continuous casting of steel.

Abstract: Molten ceramic grains are intended, for example, for applications involving abrading tools, having the following average chemical weight composition, expressed in weight percent based on oxide content: Al2O3: 93% to 97.5%; MgO: 2.2 to 6.5%; SiO2: <0.1%; other impurities: <0.4%.