Abstract: Heat barrier materials are prepared by forming an intimate admixture of alkaline earth sulfate and finely divided carbonaceous material into a shaped composition and subjecting said shaped composition to a high temperature to cause a surface reaction to produce a coating comprising alkaline earth sulfide on the surface of said shaped composition.
Abstract: Patterns described with inks or colors on the surface of thermoplastic resin articles having an interconnected fine open-cell structure in the surface layer thereof are rendered durable without displacement or deformation by heating under pressure the pattern described surface to a higher temperature than that at which said thermoplastic resin becomes fluid to cover the pattern-bearing surface with a thin film formed from the original resin constituting said surface layer.
Abstract: Heat-insulating ceramic pieces are made, suitable for assembly to form the internal linings of gas turbine engine ducts, by producing and shaping an adherent mass of short fibre ceramic filaments and silica sol. After the shaped pieces have been dried, the surface of each is coated with fresh silica sol and the coated surfaces subjected to high intensity heating by means of an impinging flame which forms a very hard erosionresistant skin on each piece.