Abstract: A sintered cubic boron nitride (cBN) compact for use in a tool is obtained by sintering a mixture of (i) cubic boron nitride, (ii) aluminum oxide, (iii) one or more refractory metal compounds, and (iv) aluminum and/or one or more non-oxide aluminum compounds. The sintered bodies may have sufficient strength and toughness to be used as a tool material in solid, i.e. not carbide supported, form, and may be useful in heavy machining of cast irons.

Abstract: A solid amorphous silica-rich aluminosilicate composition is stable at temperatures up to 1500° C. or above and is capable of sustained use as a coating under high to extreme temperature conditions.

Abstract: To provide an amorphous silica powder suitable for a sealing material for semiconductors having improved HTSL properties and HTOL properties, and a process for its production. An amorphous silica powder containing Al in an amount of from 0.03 to 20 mass % as calculated as Al2O3 measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, wherein the average particle size is at most 50 ?m, and when the amorphous silica powder is divided according to the average particle size into two powders, a powder having a particle size smaller than the average particle size has a higher content as calculated as Al2O3 than a powder having a particle size larger than the average particle size.

Abstract: A ceramic, metal, or cermet according to one embodiment includes a first layer having a gradient in composition, microstructure and/or density in an x-y plane oriented parallel to a plane of deposition of the first layer. A ceramic according to another embodiment includes a plurality of layers comprising particles of a non-cubic material, wherein each layer is characterized by the particles of the non-cubic material being aligned in a common direction. Additional products and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A composite article includes a substrate and a protective layer disposed on the substrate. The protective layer has a silicon-aluminum-carbon-nitrogen solid solution composition and microstructure.

Abstract: An insulator including alumina in an amount between about 90 and about 99% by weight and an oxide mixture or glass mixture including Boron Oxide, Phosphorus Oxide, or both Boron and Phosphorus Oxide.

Abstract: The invention provides a sintered, yttria stabilized zirconium-toughened alumina ceramic product comprising about 80-94 w/w % Al2O3, about 5-19 w/w % ZrO2 and about 0.18-0.72 w/w % Y2O.

Abstract: Because fracture toughness and translucency of translucent colored alumina sintered body of the past were low, the alumina sintered body was not suitable for uses such as dental materials, which require high toughness. The present invention relates to providing a translucent colored alumina sintered body that contains transition metal oxides, and with which the fracture toughness is 4.5 MPa·m0.5 or more and the maximum value of total forward transmittance (sample thickness 1 mm) to a wavelength of 300-800 nm is 60% or more. The present invention relates to obtaining a sintered body, at least 20% of which contains anisotropic grains with a long axis length of 10 ?m or greater and an aspect ratio of 1.

Abstract: A non-settling refractory mortar is provided, which includes 100 mass % of a ceramic powder such as cordierite, mullite, alumina, or silicon carbide, 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of a clay mineral, and a colloidal oxide solution, in which the Ca content in the total solid component is defined at 0.01 to 0.5 mass % as converted to oxide so as to be provided with a thixotropic property. As a result, the coating performance is not lowered if stored for a long period after kneading, the dimension change rate after coating is small, and cracks or gaps are not formed on the coat surface. The median diameter of ceramic powder is preferred to be 10 to 50 ?m, and in order to reduce the dimension change rate after coating, the content of particles of 0.1 to 5 ?m in ceramic powder is desired to be 1 to 20%.

Abstract: A high-chromia refractory, comprised of: about 60% to about 99% by weight of refractory grain, wherein the refractory grain is comprised of grains having about 20% to 100% by weight chromia; 0% to about 35% by weight of a fine particulate, the fine particulate selected from chromic oxide, alumina, ceria, yttria, lanthanum oxide, or combinations thereof; and about 1% to about 8% of a liquid resin or pitch.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a composition (10) to be mixed with a molten metal to make a metal matrix composite, the composition characterized by: a ceramic reinforcing filler (12), the ceramic reinforcing filler not being wettable by molten aluminum and/or not being chemically stable in molten aluminum, the ceramic reinforcing filler being coated with a ceramic material, the ceramic material being wettable by and chemically stable in molten aluminum. In a related embodiment, a composition (20) to make a porous preform to be infiltrated by molten metal to make a metal matrix composite, the composition characterized by: a ceramic reinforcing filler (23), the ceramic reinforcing filler not being wettable by molten aluminum, the ceramic reinforcing filler being coated with a ceramic material (22) and optionally with a metal (21) such as nickel, the ceramic material being wettable by molten aluminum.

Abstract: A boron suboxide composite material having improved fracture toughness consists of particulate or granular boron suboxide distributed in a binder phrase, such as AlxByOz, for example.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a silica-based crucible material that includes, before sintering or firing, selected amounts of a thermal expansion stabilizer component (B2O3 and Ca2SiO4) which impart improved thermal shock resistance and enhanced ability to withstand repeated thermal cycling, to a sintered or fired crucible made of the material. An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides a crucible material whose chemical composition comprises, in weight %, about 91% to about 98% SiO2, about 1% to about 8% thermal stabilizer component, and up to about 1.0% of additional oxides including MgO, Al2O3 Fe2O3, CaO and ZrO2.

Abstract: A sintered cubic boron nitride (cBN) compact for use in a tool is obtained by sintering a mixture of (i) cubic boron nitride, (ii) aluminum oxide, (iii) one or more refractory metal compounds, and (iv) aluminum and/or one or more non-oxide aluminum compounds. The sintered bodies may have sufficient strength and toughness to be used as a tool material in solid, i.e. not carbide supported, form, and may be useful in heavy machining of cast irons.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic chuck in which the surface can be kept smooth after being exposed to plasma, so as to protect a material to be clamped such as a silicon wafer from being contaminated with particles, and which is excellent in clamping and releasing a material to be clamped and easy to manufacture by low-temperature firing. The electrostatic chuck includes a dielectric material in which alumina is 99.4 wt % or more, and titanium oxide is more than 0.2 wt % and equal to or less than 0.6 wt %, wherein the electrostatic chuck's volume resistivity is 108-1011 ?cm in room temperature, and wherein the titanium oxide segregates in boundaries of particles of the alumina.

Abstract: Organosilicon compositions which can be cured to produce elastomers, in particular elastomers suitable for use in the food industry, contain very fine particulate aluminum oxide powder in minor amount. Non-blocking sheets and pellets can be formed from the compositions, and later molded and cured.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for making aluminum titanate-containing ceramic bodies, and methods for predicting shrinkage and minimizing shrinkage variability of said bodies from target size.

Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor in a polycrystalline ceramic structure and a light-emitting element provided with the same comprising a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) in which a composite structure of phosphor particles is embedded in a matrix, characterized in that the matrix is a ceramic composite structure comprising a polycrystalline ceramic alumina material, hereafter called luminescent ceramic matrix composite. This luminescent ceramic matrix composite can be made by the steps of converting a powder mixture of ceramic phosphor particles and alumina particles into a slurry, shaping the slurry into a compact, and applying a thermal treatment, optionally in combination with hot isostatic pressing into a polycrystalline phosphor-containing ceramic alumina composite structure.

Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a refractory made from an as-batched composition comprising alumina, a rare earth oxide, and optionally an oxide of a transition metal comprising Sc, Zn, Ga, Y, Cd, In, Sn, Tl or a mixture of two or more thereof, the refractory being characterized by the absence of SiO2 or a concentration of SiO2 of no more than about 0.2% by weight.

Abstract: An insulator including alumina in an amount between about 90 and about 99% by weight and an oxide mixture or glass mixture including Boron Oxide, Phosphorus Oxide, or both Boron and Phosphorus Oxide.

Abstract: Sintered, spherical composite pellets or particles comprising alumina fines, at least one of clay and bauxite and optionally a sintering aid, are described, along with a process for their manufacture. The use of such pellets in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and in grinding is also described.

Abstract: A biomedical member having high strength, high toughness and high hardness and an artificial joint that uses the same are provided. In addition, a biomedical member that exhibits high wear resistance even in in vivo environment and an artificial joint are provided. Such a composite ceramic is used that contains 65% by weight or more Al2O3, 4 to 34% by weight of ZrO2 and 0.1 to 4% by weight of SrO, while Sr forms a solid solution with part of the ZrO2 grains. The composite ceramics further contains TiO2, MgO and SiO2 as sintering additives, while controlling the amounts to 0.20% by weight or more SiO2, 0.22% by weight or more TiO2 and 0.12% by weight or more MgO, and the total amount of SiO2, TiO2 and MgO within a range from 0.6 to 4.5% by weight.

Abstract: A high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material is disclosed. The high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material includes an alumina refractory waste material having one or more of a used alumina-magnesium-carbon material, a used high-alumina material and a used fused-grain alumina material is disclosed. A method for method for manufacturing a material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for producing a porous fireproof material suitable for glass production, comprising introducing one or more reducing substances for adjusting an oxygen sink in the pore volume of the fireproof material.

Abstract: The method of making a transparent ceramic includes making a molded body from a powder mixture of starting materials, which include one or more sintering aids. The sintering aids can include SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, Al2O3 and/or fluorides. The transparent ceramic is made by pre-sintering the molded body at temperatures between 500° C. to 900° C., subsequently sintering in vacuum at temperatures between 1400° C. and 1900° C. and then pressurizing the sintered molded body at a pressure of from 10 to 198 MPa followed by annealing. The optoceramic material contains crystals with a stoichiometry of A2+XBYBYDZE7, wherein ?1.15?x?+1.1, 0?y?3, 0?z?1.6 and 3x+4y+5z=8; and wherein A is a trivalent rare earth cation, B is a tetravalent cation, D is a pentavalent cation and E is a divalent anion.

Abstract: A spark plug which includes a center electrode metal shell and an insulator disposed therebetween utilizes for the insulator or ceramic with improved high temperature electrical properties which includes alumina in an amount between about 90 and about 99% by weight, a zirconium containing compound in an amount between about 0 and about 1% by weight, and an oxide mixture in an amount between about 1 and about 10% by weight. The oxide mixture includes a glass former, a network modifier and alumina in an amount between about 16% and about 40% by weight after firing, wherein the molar ratio of the glass former to the network modifier ranges between about 0.8:1 and 1.2:1. The ceramic insulator is particularly adapted for use as an insulator in a spark plug to provide improved dielectric strength and shunt resistance of greater than one 1000 megaohms at 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, so as to reduce the shunting of the spark plug and thereby improve the quality of the spark generated by the spark plug.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dense, abrasion resistant ceramic. The ceramic of the invention includes alumina crystal particles and a grain boundary phase. The invention also includes an abrasion resistant sliding member and a pump comprising the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a molding material mixture for production of casting molds for metalworking, to a process for producing casting molds, to casting molds obtained by the process and to the use thereof. For the production of casting molds, a refractory molding matrix and a waterglass-based binder are used. The binder has been admixed with a proportion of a particulate metal oxide which is selected from the group of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and zinc oxide, particular preference being given to using synthetic amorphous silicon dioxide. The molding material mixture comprises a carbohydrate as a further essential constituent. The addition of carbohydrates allows the mechanical strength of casting molds and the surface quality of the casting to be improved.

Abstract: An aluminum oxide sintered body of the invention includes: europium and nitrogen; and plate-like crystals having peaks coinciding with EuAl12O19 in an X-ray diffraction profile dispersed over a whole sintered body. Such an aluminum oxide sintered body can be obtained by: forming a mixed powder containing an alumina powder, a europium compound powder and an aluminum nitride powder into a green body having a predetermined shape; and sintering the green body under a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vapor-deposition material for the production of optical layers of medium refractive index which comprises aluminum oxide and gadolinium oxide, dysprosium oxide and/or ytterbium oxide, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A low-water-content castable composition produces cast products with an increased modulus of rupture, an increased cold crushing strength, and decreased porosity. The composition employs closed fractions of constituent particles with specified populations and specified gaps in the particle size distribution to produce these properties. The composition is suitable for refractory applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides a ceramic porous body for in-vitro and in-vivo use comprising a composition comprising a calcium aluminate (CA) containing phase and optionally at least one of an accelerator, a retarder, a surfactant, a foaming agent, a reactive alumina, water, a fiber, and a biologically active material, and combinations thereof. Ceramic compositions are provides as well as method of using the ceramic compositions and methods of manufacturing a ceramic porous body. The ceramic porous bodies of this invention may be used as artificial bones, joints, in-vitro support structures, and in-vivo support structures for cells, tissues, organs, and nerve growth and regeneration.

Abstract: The invention provides a sintered product presenting an apparent density greater than 4.00 g/cm3 and having the following mean chemical composition, as a percentage by weight based on the oxides and for a total of 100%: Al2O2: complement to 100% 16%?Cr2O3?29.5% TiO2 in a quantity such that the Cr2O3/TiO2 weight ratio is greater than 16 and less than 35, other species: ?1% Application as an electrode bushing block.

Abstract: A refractory composition comprising at least 50 weight percent chromic oxide (Cr2O3), as measured by chemical analysis. The composition includes fused chromia-containing grain, powdered chromic oxide and sintered chromia-containing grain. The fused chromia-containing grain and the sintered chromia-containing grain comprise at least 50 weight percent chromia oxide, as measured by chemical analysis.

Abstract: A substrate (1) for thermoelectric conversion modules has a ceramic material as a main component and has flexibility. A thermoelectric conversion module (2) has a plurality of thermoelectric elements (3, 4) arranged in the longitudinal direct of the substrate (1), at least on one surface of the substrate (1), so that the longitudinal directions of the thermoelectric elements (3, 4) are along the width direction of the substrate (1). Electrodes (5), which electrically connect the thermoelectric elements (3, 4) in series, are arranged on the end portions of the thermoelectric elements (3, 4).

Abstract: An alumina-based sintered body for a spark plug having enhanced mechanical strength and a method of manufacturing the same, as well as a spark plug having the alumina-based sintered body for a spark plug and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Methods of making and compositions of dense sintered ceramic nano- and micro-composite materials that are highly stable in a variety of conditions and exhibit superior toughness and strength. Liquid feed flame spray pyrolysis techniques form a plurality of nanoparticles (e.g., powder), each having a core region including a first metal oxide composition comprising Ce and/or Zr or other metals and a shell region including a second metal oxide composition comprising Al or other metals. In certain aspects, the core region comprises a partially stabilized tetragonal ZrO2 and the shell region comprises an ?-Al2O3 phase. The average actual density of the ceramic after sintering is greater than 50% and up to or exceeding 90% of a theoretical density of the ceramic.

Abstract: Disclosed are ceramic articles comprising a sintered phase ceramic composition containing, as expressed on a weight percent oxide basis: a(Al2TiO5)+b(ZrTiO4)+c(Y2O3)+d(YPO4) wherein “a, b, c, and d” represent weight fractions of each component such that (a+b+c+d)=1.00 and wherein 0.5<a?0.95; 0?b?0.5, 0.0?c?0.10, and 0?d?0.5. Also disclosed are precursor batch compositions and methods for manufacturing the ceramic articles disclosed herein.

Abstract: Disclosed are high-porosity cordierite honeycomb substrates having fine pore size, narrow pore size distribution, little or no microcracking, and a high thermal shock resistance. The porous ceramic honeycomb substrates generally include a primary cordierite ceramic phase as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods for making and using the cordierite substrates.

Abstract: A composition for thermal barrier coatings exhibiting improved thermal conductivity and toughness is provided. The composition is comprised of a base majority oxide, a first dopant oxide, at least one small rare earth oxide, at least one large rare earth oxide and at least one toughening oxide. Compared to traditional thermal barrier coatings, a composition of the present invention provides approximately twice the toughness one-third to one-half the thermal conductivity.

Abstract: Provided is a translucent ceramic which has a high Abbe number, is advantageous in aberration correction, and can be easily produced. The translucent ceramic contains, as a main component, a garnet type compound represented by the General Formula: Y3AlvOw, wherein the condition of 4.4?v?5.4 is satisfied and w is a positive number for maintaining electrical neutrality, in which the Al is partially or entirely substituted by Ga and the Y is optionally partly substituted by Gd. The translucent ceramic is suitably used, for example, for lenses arranged with a diaphragm interposed therebetween in a Gauss lens optical system, such as an optical system for single-lens reflex cameras.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of providing a filling material for use in connection with an opening in a container used in molten metal processing including: recovering used refractory bricks; crushing the used refractory bricks into particles; and covering the opening with the particles.

Abstract: Sintered, spherical composite pellets or particles comprising alumina fines, at least one of clay and bauxite and optionally a sintering aid, are described, along with a process for their manufacture. The use of such pellets in hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations and in grinding is also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing fine ?-alumina particles, which comprises sintering a mixture of ?-alumina precursor particles and seed crystal particles, wherein a center particle diameter of the seed crystal particles is 40 nm or less, and a ratio of the number of coarse particles having a particle diameter greater than 100 nm to the number of the total particles is 1% or less.

Abstract: An aluminum oxide sintered product including a layer phase containing a rare-earth element and fluorine among grains of aluminum oxide serving as a main component, or a phase containing a rare-earth element and fluorine along edges of grains of aluminum oxide serving as a main component. The product includes a phase containing a rare-earth element and a fluorine element among grains of aluminum oxide, the phase not being in the form of localized dots but in the form of line segments, when viewed in an SEM image. The product can be readily adjusted to have a volume resistivity in the range of 1×1013 to 1×1016 ?·cm, the volume resistivity being calculated from a current value after the lapse of 1 minute from the application of a voltage of 2 kV/mm to the aluminum oxide sintered product at room temperature.

Abstract: Process for preparing granules of oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds, characterized in that a dispersion which comprises water, oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds and at least one dispersant is spray-dried,—where the proportion of oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds is 40 to 70% by weight and the sum of the proportions of water and the particles is at least 70% by weight and—the particles have a BET surface area of 20 to 150 m2/g and a median of the particle size of less than 100 nm,—where the dispersant is present in the dispersion with a proportion of 0.25 to 10% by weight based on the oxidic or nonoxidic metal compounds and—where the spray-drying is performed by atomization with air in the cocurrent principle or fountain principle, and an air inlet temperature of 170 to 300° C. and an air outlet temperature of 90 to 130° C. are selected.

Abstract: Method for producing a mold for use in casting reactive metals comprising preparing a slurry of a yttria-based refractory composition and a binder, and using said slurry as a mold facecoat by applying said slurry onto a surface of a mold pattern, wherein said yttria-based refractory composition is obtainable by (a) mixing particles of a yttria-based ceramic material and a fluorine containing dopant, and (b) heating the resulting mixture to effect fluorine-doping of said yttria-based ceramic material.

Abstract: A treated refractory material includes a porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory material.

Abstract: A refractory composition comprising at least 50 weight percent chromic oxide (Cr2O3), as measured by chemical analysis. The composition includes fused chromia-containing grain, powdered chromic oxide and sintered chromia-containing grain. The fused chromia-containing grain and the sintered chromia-containing grain comprise at least 50 weight percent chromia oxide, as measured by chemical analysis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a raw material composition for preparing a sintered body of aluminum titanate, the composition comprising (i) 100 parts by weight of a mixture comprising 40 to 50 mol % of TiO2 and 60 to 50 mol % of Al2O3, (ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of an alkali feldspar represented by the formula: (NxK1-x)AlSi3O8 (0?x?1), and (iii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of at least one Mg-containing component selected from the group consisting of a Mg-containing oxide with spinel structure, MgCO3 and MgO, and a process for preparing a sintered body of aluminum titanate comprising sintering a formed product prepared from the raw material composition at 1300 to 1700° C. According to the present invention, a sintered body of aluminum titanate having high mechanical strength and ability to be stably used at high temperatures, as well as its inherent properties of low coefficient of thermal expansion and high corrosion resistance, can be obtained.