Abstract: In one aspect, evaporator boats are provided which, in some embodiments, exhibit resistance to corrosion and associated performance degradation imparted by exposure to molten metals, including aluminum. An evaporator boat described herein comprises a body and an evaporator surface, the body comprising a boron nitride (BN) component and a TiB2 component including a solid solution of TiB2 and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of silicon and metallic elements of Groups IVB-VIIIB of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: Disclosed is a susceptor for high-temperature use having a shaft with low thermal conductivity, wherein in a susceptor including a plate for wafer mounting and a shaft coupled to the plate, the plate and the shaft each include a sintered body having 90 wt % or more of an AlN phase, the sintered body of the plate is a magnesium-containing AlN sintered body having a volume resistance of 5*108 ?·cm or more at 650° C., and the sintered body of the shaft is an AlN sintered body having a room-temperature thermal conductivity of 100 W/mK or less.

Abstract: A method of preparing a substrate having a wetting surface, including confirming the presence of an open, interconnected pore network in a ceramic substrate to be wetted with a first metal, filling the open, interconnected pore network with a second metal, exuding the second metal to coat the surface of the substrate, and wetting the substrate with the first metal. The ceramic substrate is not decomposed by the first metal and the ceramic substrate is not decomposed by the second metal.

Abstract: Drill bits for use in drilling well bores in subterranean formations, and associated systems and methods of making and using such drill bits, are provided. In certain embodiments, the drill bits comprise: a body; a plurality of blades on the body; a plurality of cutting elements on at least one of the plurality of blades; a reinforcement material forming portions of the body and the plurality of blades; a binder material infiltrated through the reinforcement material to form a composite material and forming portions of the body and the plurality of blades; and at least one interior displacement element located in an interior region of the body that is surrounded by the composite material.

Abstract: A method of making a eutectic alloy body by silicothermic reduction is provided. The method can include heating a mixture including silicon and a metal oxide comprising one or more metallic elements M and oxygen, forming a eutectic alloy melt from the mixture, and removing heat from the eutectic alloy melt, thereby forming the eutectic alloy body having a eutectic aggregation of a first phase comprising the silicon and a second phase being a silicide phase.

Abstract: A process produces a connecting structure between two superconductors, in particular magnesium diboride superconductors embodied as a superconducting core wire surrounded by normally conducting metal. A substance which reduces the melting point of magnesium is admixed to a substance mixture including magnesium and boron, and the exposed ends of the core wires are brought into contact with the substance mixture, which is caused to react in situ at a reaction temperature corresponding to the lower melting point to give magnesium diboride.

Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component, boron, and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles, boron, and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride that is not in the form of a powder.

Abstract: A hard phase material is provided for increasing the hardness of a matrix material and improving the wear resistance thereof. The hard phase material is an aluminum boride material having the structure AlB8-16. The aluminum boride hard phase may be incorporated into a matrix material by mixing particulate aluminum boride with the matrix material and through precipitation of aluminum boride from the matrix material. Materials including the aluminum boride hard phase may be used in coating applications to provide a hard and wear resistant coating. Aluminum boride hard phase may also be incorporated into metallurgical products to improve the hardness and wear resistance of the metallurgical products.

Abstract: Composite bodies made by a silicon metal infiltration process that feature a silicon intermetallic, e.g., a metal silicide. Not only does this give the composite material engineer greater flexibility in designing or tailoring the physical properties of the resulting composite material, but the infiltrant also can be engineered compositionally to have much diminished amounts of expansion upon solidification, thereby enhancing net-shape-making capabilities. These and other consequences of engineering the metal component of composite bodies made by silicon infiltration permit the fabrication of large structures of complex shape.

Abstract: A method for superconductingly connecting two or more wires (1, 2), each comprising at least one filament (3a-3d) that contains MgB2 or a mixture of Mg and B, wherein a superconducting connection is realized through exposed end regions (4a) of the filaments (3a-3d) via an MgB2 matrix, is characterized in that a bulk boron powder (4) is provided into which the exposed end regions (4a) of the filaments (3a-3d) of the wires (1, 2) project, the boron of the bulk boron powder (4) being present in amorphous modification. The bulk powder (4) is then compacted together with the projecting exposed end regions (4a) of the filaments (3a, 3b) to form a compressed element (8) and the compressed element (8) is infiltrated with molten magnesium (10) from the surface (13) of the compressed element (8). The method improves the quality, in particular, the current-carrying capacity and the critical magnetic field strength of a superconducting connection of MgB2 superconducting wires.

Abstract: Solid material powders are described that include a first compound that is a non-oxide ceramic compound and a second compound that is a non-oxide, in relative amounts with respect to each other to form a eutectic mixture. The solid material has two discrete phases arranged in an interpenetrating three-dimensional microstructure. Methods for preparation of the solid materials, and shaped sintered articles from the materials, along with methods and techniques for their manufacture, are also disclosed.

Abstract: A refractory material that can withstand high temperatures in an oxidizing medium and containing at least: a first constituent corresponding to hafnium, or to a non-oxide compound of hafnium, or circular in a or a non-oxide compound of zirconium, or corresponding to a mixture of at least two metals and/or compounds selected from hafnium a non-oxide compound of hafnium, zirconium, and a non-oxide compound of zirconium; a second constituent corresponding to the boron or to a non-oxide compound of boron, or corresponding to a mixture of boron and a non-oxide compound of boron; and a third constituent corresponding to a rare earth RE or to a non-oxide compound of the rare earth RE, or corresponding to a mixture of rare earth RE and a non-oxide compound of the rare earth RE, where RE is selected from scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides. The material contains neither silicon nor a compound of silicon.

Abstract: Advanced environmental barrier coating bond coat systems with higher temperature capabilities and environmental resistance are disclosed. These bond coat systems can be applied to ceramic substrates such as SiC/SiC ceramic matrix composite substrates, and can provide protection from extreme temperature, mechanical loading and environmental conditions, such as in high temperature gas turbines. Example bond coat systems can include either an advanced silicon/silicide component, an oxide/silicate component, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A high purity ZrB2 powder having a purity of 99.9 wt % or higher excluding C and gas components, and a manufacturing method of such high purity ZrB2 powder, including the steps of: subjecting a Zr sponge raw material to electron beam melting and casting to prepare an ingot having a purity of 99.9 wt % or higher; cutting the ingot into a cut powder and hydrogenating the cut powder into ZrH2; pulverizing and dehydrogenating the resultant product into a Zr powder and oxidizing the Zr powder at a high temperature in an oxygen atmosphere into a ZrO2 fine powder; and mixing the ZrO2 fine powder with B having a purity of 99.9 wt % or higher so as to reduce ZrO2 and obtain a ZrB2 powder having a purity of 99.9 wt % or higher. Purity of the ZrB2 powder for use in sintering is made to be 99.

Abstract: New cermets with improved properties and applications are provided. These new cermets have lower density and/or higher hardness than B4C cermet. By incorporating other new ceramics into B4C powders or as a substitute for B4C, lower densities and/or higher hardness cermets result. The ceramic powders have much finer particle size than those previously used which significantly reduces grain size of the cermet microstructure and improves the cermet properties.

Abstract: A refractory object can include at least approximately 10 wt % Al2O3 and at least approximately 1 wt % SiO2. In an embodiment, the refractory object can include an additive. In a particular embodiment, the additive can include TiO2, Y2O3, SrO, BaO, CaO, Ta2O5, Fe2O3, ZnO, or MgO. The refractory object can include at least approximately 3 wt % of the additive. In an additional embodiment, the refractory object can include no greater than approximately 8 wt % of the additive. In a further embodiment, the creep rate of the refractory object can be at least approximately 1×10?6 h?1. In another embodiment, the creep rate of the refractory object can be no greater than approximately 5×10?5 h?1. In an illustrative embodiment, the refractory object can include a glass overflow trough or a forming block.

Abstract: A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component, boron, and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles, boron, and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture. A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal boride that is not in the form of a powder.

Abstract: The invention is related to a boride of a metal of transition group four of the periodic table of the elements, wherein at least 40 wt. % of the particles have a grain size of more than 106 ?m, determined by sieve analysis according to ASTM B 214, and these particles consist of grown, monocrystalline grains. The invention also relates to a cermet, wettable powder and a surface coating which contain the boride. The invention further relates to a process to prepare the boride. The invention additionally relates to a process to prepare a cermet or a wettable powder.

Abstract: A method for connecting two or more superconducting wires (1, 2), each comprising at least one filament (3a-3b) that contains MgB2, wherein the superconducting connection is realized through exposed end regions (13) of the filaments (3a-3d) via a superconducting matrix, is characterized in that a bulk powder (4) of a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) powder with a transition temperature of Tc>40K is provided, into which the exposed end regions (13) of the filaments (3a-3d) project, wherein the Boron of the Boron powder of the bulk powder (4) is in amorphous modification, and the bulk powder (4) is compacted together with the projecting exposed end regions (13) of the filaments (3a-3d) to form a compressed element (8). The method improves the quality, in particular, the current carrying capacity and the critical magnetic field strength of a superconducting connection of two MgB2 wires.

Abstract: Methods of forming composite materials include coating particles of titanium dioxide with a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon, and reacting the titanium dioxide with the substance including boron and the substance including carbon to form titanium diboride. The methods may be used to form ceramic composite bodies and materials, such as, for example, a ceramic composite body or material including silicon carbide and titanium diboride. Such bodies and materials may be used as armor bodies and armor materials. Such methods may include forming a green body and sintering the green body to a desirable final density. Green bodies formed in accordance with such methods may include particles comprising titanium dioxide and a coating at least partially covering exterior surfaces thereof, the coating comprising a substance including boron (e.g., boron carbide) and a substance including carbon.

Abstract: A composite compact formed by sintering, at high temperature/high pressure, a composition including cBN in a range of about 5 to about 60 vol. %, zirconia (or in the range about 5 to about 20 vol. %), and other ceramic material. Subsequent to sintering, the zirconia exists in the cubic phase and/or tetragonal phase. The zirconia may be either stabilized or unstabilized prior to sintering. The other ceramic material may include one or more of nitrides, borides, and carbides of Ti, Zr, Hf, Al, Si, or Al2O3. Some of the ceramic material is formed during the sintering process. The compact can be bonded to a tungsten carbide substrate during the sintering process.

Abstract: Multimodal cermet compositions having lower melting point metal binders and methods of making are provided. The multimodal cermet compositions having a low melting point metal binder include: a) a ceramic phase, and b) a low melting point metal binder phase, wherein the ceramic phase is a metal boride with a multimodal distribution of particles, wherein the metal of the metal boride is chosen from Group IV, Group V, Group VI elements of the Long Form of the Periodic Table of Elements, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the low melting metal binder phase is represented by the formula (DEF), wherein D is a base metal chosen from Fe, Ni, Co, Mn and mixtures thereof, E is an alloying metal comprising Cr, Si, and B, and F is an alloying element chosen from C, N, P, Al, Ga, Ge, As, In, Sn, Sb, Pb, Sc, La, Y, Ce, Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Re, Ru, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au and mixtures thereof, and wherein said low melting metal binder phase has a melting point less than 1250° C.

Abstract: Composite bodies made by a silicon metal infiltration process that feature a silicon intermetallic, e.g., a metal silicide. Not only does this give the composite material engineer greater flexibility in designing or tailoring the physical properties of the resulting composite material, but the infiltrant also can be engineered compositionally to have much diminished amounts of expansion upon solidification, thereby enhancing net-shape-making capabilities. These and other consequences of engineering the metal component of composite bodies made by silicon infiltration permit the fabrication of large structures of complex shape.

Abstract: cBN sintered body includes cBN and a binder phase, wherein a content of the cBN is 82-98 volume %, and in a cross section of the cBN sintered body, an isolated binder phase having an area of 0.05-0.5 ?m2 has a protrusion of two or more steps, and assuming that in a first-step protrusion, A1 represents a side length which is perpendicular in a tip direction, and B1 represents a side length which is parallel in the tip direction; and in a second-step protrusion, A2 represents a side length which is perpendicular in the tip direction, and B2 represents a side length which is parallel in the tip direction, an area ratio of an isolated binder phase having a protrusion in which A1/B1 is 1-10 times of A2/B2, to the whole of the binder phase having the area of 0.05-0.5 ?m2, is 25% or more.

Abstract: The application discloses and claims an oxidation resistant, continuous-fiber-reinforced ceramic composition, durable at temperatures above 1000° C., and capable of taking on any arbitrary near net shape formed without machining and tooling. The composition of the invention comprises a fine grained ceramic matrix which in turn comprises a mixture of a ZrB2 phase and a SiC phase with the matrix being reinforced with SiC or C or an oxide fiber, resulting in a fine grained ZrB2—SiC matrix with domain sizes ?0.5 ?m. The ZrB2 phase of the invention is capable of forming small microcrystalline domains ?0.5 ?m upon heat treatment. The composition the invention also comprises a fiber reinforced composite with a high degree of filling and densification of its preform resulting in a composition containing a low level of porosity and high fiber volume fraction.

Abstract: Compositions for making wettable cathodes to be used in aluminum electrolysis cells are disclosed. The compositions generally include titanium diboride (TiB2) and metal additives. The amount of selected metal additives may result in production of electrodes having a tailored density and/or porosity. The electrodes may be durable and used in aluminum electrolysis cells.

Abstract: A toughened composite material, having a first phase defining a matrix and a plurality of typically second phase particles dispersed in the first phase matrix. Each respective particle is characterized by a predetermined geometric architecture, such as a spiral shape. The presence of the geometrically distinct dispersed second phase operates to deflect and attenuate crack propagation.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to a sintered CBN composite compact having a non-CBN portion. The compact includes about 86 to about 90% CBN and the non CBN portion contains borides and nitrides of Al. The compact is for use as a cutting tool insert in continuous machining of gray cast iron. The sintered compact has a thermal conductivity of 1.25-4 W/cm/° K. in the temperature range of about 200° C. to about 600° C. and sonic velocity of at least about 14.5 Km/sec at room temperature.

Abstract: The composite sintered body of the invention is a composite sintered body, containing 20 volume % or more and 80 volume % or less of cubic boron nitride particles, and a binder; wherein the binder contains at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, borides, and oxides of elements in the group 4a, elements in the group 5a, and elements in the group 6a in the periodic table, and solid solutions thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of simple substances of Zr, Si, Hf, Ge, W and Co, compounds thereof, and solid solutions thereof, and a compound of Al; and when the composite sintered body contains therein W and/or Co, the total weight of the W and/or Co is less than 2.0 weight % and further the composite sintered body contains therein one or more of the Zr, Si, Hf and Ge (hereinafter referred to as “X”), and when the composite sintered body contains the X, the amount of each of the X is 0.005 weight % or more and less than 2.0 weight %, X/(X+W+Co) is 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert preferably for machining of hardened steel, hot and cold working tool steel, die steel, case hardened steel, high speed steel and ductile grey cast iron and composed of a composite comprising from about 30 to less than about 60 vol-% of a cBN-phase and a binder phase comprising a titaniumcarbonitride phase and a TiB2 phase. According to the invention, in the XRD pattern from the composite using CuK?-radiation the peak height ratio of the strongest TiB2 peak and the strongest cBN peak is less than about 0.02.

Abstract: A ceramic ballistic material and method of manufacture is disclosed. A filler material is provided. The filler material is divided into filler granules collectively having a median diameter approximately 10 microns or less. An amount of carbon is provided. The carbon is divided into carbon particles and the carbon particles are allowed to coat the filler granules. The mixture of carbon-coated filler granules is formed into a ballistic armor shape. The formed mixture is placed in a substantial vacuum. The mixture is introduced to a pre-selected amount of silicon and the mixture of carbon-coated filler granules and silicon is heated to a temperature at or above the melting point of the silicon.

Abstract: A sintered material based on silicon carbide (SiC) reactively sintered between 1,100° C. and 1,700° C. to form a silicon nitride binder (Si3N4), intended in particular for fabricating an aluminum electrolysis cell, including 0.05% to 1.5% of boron, the Si3N4/SiC weight ratio being in the range 0.05 to 0.45.

Abstract: A method of sintering a ZrB2—SiC composite body at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of ZrB2 powder with a second predetermined amount of SiC powder, wherein both powders are characterized by the presence of surface oxide impurities. Next the blended powders are mixed to yield a substantially homogeneous powder mixture and a portion of the substantially homogeneous powder mixture is formed into a green body. The body is fired to a first temperature, wherein substantially all surface oxide impurities are reduced and/or volatilized to substantially eliminate oxides from the green body, and the body is heated to a second temperature and sintered to yield a composite body of at least about 99 percent theoretical density (more typically at least about 99.5 percent theoretical density) and characterized by SiC whisker-like inclusions distributed substantially evenly in a ZrB2 matrix.

Abstract: A sintered refractory block based on silicon carbide (SiC) with a silicon nitride (Si3N4) bond, for the manufacture of a aluminium electrolysis vessel, characterized in that it comprises, expressed in percentage by weight, at least 0.05% boron and/or between 0.05 and 1.2% calcium.

Abstract: An improved aluminum-boron carbide (ABC) composite has been discovered that is comprised of a continuous network of AlB24C4 and boron carbide grains having therein other isolated aluminum-boron carbide reactive phases and at most 2% by volume of isolated metal. The improved ABC composite may be formed by forming boron carbide particulates into a porous body that has a porosity of at most about 35%, where the boron particulates have been heat treated to a temperature of 1200° C. to 1800° C., infiltrating the porous body with aluminum or aluminum alloy until an infiltrated aluminum-boron carbide body is formed that has at most about 1% porosity, heat treating the infiltrated body for at least 25 hours at 1000° C. to 1100° C. to form an aluminum boron carbide composite having a continuous network of AlB24C4 and boron carbide, and subsequently heat-treating to 700° C. to 900° C. to form the improved aluminum boron carbide composite.

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: A composite article includes a substrate and a ceramic nanocomposite layer disposed on the substrate. The ceramic nanocomposite layer has a composition that includes silicon, boron, carbon and nitrogen.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fired refractory ceramic product. According to the invention, this generic term encompasses both shaped and unshaped products. Shaped products are ones which have a defined shape so that they can be manufactured in finished form on the premises of the manufacturer. Shaped products include: bricks, nozzles, tubes, stoppers, plates, etc. The term unshaped products includes ones which are usually produced by the user from a corresponding composition. They include bases for furnaces which are cast from a composition but also repair compositions, etc.

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 precursor of a ceramic adhesive suitable for use in a vacuum, thermal, and microgravity environment. The precursor of the ceramic adhesive includes a silicon-based, preceramic polymer and at least one ceramic powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, boron oxide, boron nitride, hafnium boride, hafnium carbide, hafnium oxide, lithium aluminate, molybdenum silicide, niobium carbide, niobium nitride, silicon boride, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, tin oxide, tantalum boride, tantalum carbide, tantalum oxide, tantalum nitride, titanium boride, titanium carbide, titanium oxide, titanium nitride, yttrium oxide, zirconium boride, zirconium carbide, zirconium oxide, and zirconium silicate. Methods of forming the ceramic adhesive and of repairing a substrate in a vacuum and microgravity environment are also disclosed, as is a substrate repaired with the ceramic adhesive.

Abstract: A process for producing a silicon-containing CMC article that exhibits improved physical, mechanical, and microstructural properties at elevated temperatures exceeding the melting point of silicon. The process entails producing a body containing a ceramic reinforcement material in a solid matrix that comprises solid elemental silicon and/or silicon alloy and a ceramic matrix material. The ceramic matrix composite article is produced by at least partially removing the solid elemental silicon and/or silicon alloy from the solid matrix and optionally reacting at least part of the solid elemental silicon and/or silicon alloy in the solid matrix to form one or more refractory materials. The solid elemental silicon and/or silicon alloy is sufficiently removed from the body to enable the ceramic matrix composite article to structurally and chemically withstand temperatures above 1405° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a MgB2 superconductor, comprising compacting and heating a mixture comprising Mg or MgH2 powder and B powder, wherein said mixture comprises SiC powder and an aromatic hydrocarbon, and a MgB2 superconductor having a higher critical current density (Jc) than that of the known MgB2 superconductors added SiC only or added an aromatic hydrocarbon only such as benzene.

Abstract: There is described a sealing composition for sealing aluminum nitride and aluminum oxynitride ceramics comprising: a mixture of SiO2, at least one other metal oxide, and a silicon additive comprising at least one of silicon metal or a silicide. The silicon additive acts to suppress the formation of nitrogen bubbles during the sealing of articles comprised of aluminum nitride or aluminum oxynitride ceramics, e.g., as in the case of a ceramic discharge vessel for a high intensity discharge lamp.

Abstract: A method of sintering a ZrB2—SiC composite body at ambient pressures, including blending a first predetermined amount of ZrB2 powder with a second predetermined amount of SiC powder, wherein both powders are characterized by the presence of surface oxide impurities. Next the blended powders are mixed to yield a substantially homogeneous powder mixture and a portion of the substantially homogeneous powder mixture is formed into a green body. The body is fired to a first temperature, wherein substantially all surface oxide impurities are reduced and/or volatilized to substantially eliminate oxides from the green body, and the body is heated to a second temperature and sintered to yield a composite body of at least about 99 percent theoretical density and characterized by SiC whisker-like inclusions distributed substantially evenly in a ZrB2 matrix.

Abstract: The composite sintered body of the invention is a composite sintered body, containing 20 volume % or more and 80 volume % or less of cubic boron nitride particles, and a binder; wherein the binder contains at least one selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, borides, and oxides of elements in the group 4a, elements in the group 5a, and elements in the group 6a in the periodic table, and solid solutions thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of simple substances of Zr, Si, Hf, Ge, W and Co, compounds thereof, and solid solutions thereof, and a compound of Al; and when the composite sintered body contains therein W and/or Co, the total weight of the W and/or Co is less than 2.0 weight % and further the composite sintered body contains therein one or more of the Zr, Si, Hf and Ge (hereinafter referred to as “X”), and when the composite sintered body contains the X, the amount of each of the X is 0.005 weight % or more and less than 2.0 weight %, X/(X+W+Co) is 0.

Abstract: A cutting tool insert which can, for example, be used for machining of hardened steel, hot and cold working tool steel, die steel, case hardened steel, high speed steel and ductile grey cast iron and composed of a composite comprising a cBN-phase and a binder phase comprising a titaniumcarbonitride phase and a TiB2 phase is disclosed. In the XRD pattern from the composite using CuKa-radiation, the peak height ratio of the strongest (101) TiB2 peak and the strongest cBN (111) peak is less than about 0.06, the (220) from the titanium carbonitride phase in the XRD-pattern intersects both vertical lines of the PDF-lines of TiC (PDF 32-1383) and TiN (PDF 38-1420) and the lowest intersected point height is at least about 0.15 of the maximum (220) peak height of the ceramic binder phase. The insert is made by powder metallurgical methods milling, pressing and sintering, the sintering being performed at lowest possible temperature for shortest possible time necessary to obtain a dense structure.

Abstract: A solid structure includes a substrate and a layer located on a surface of the substrate. The layer includes crystalline or polycrystalline MgB2.

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: The invention relates to a fired refractory ceramic product. According to the invention, this generic term encompasses both shaped and unshaped products. Shaped products are ones which have a defined shape so that they can be manufactured in finished form on the premises of the manufacturer. Shaped products include: bricks, nozzles, tubes, stoppers, plates, etc. The term unshaped products includes ones which are usually produced by the user from a corresponding composition. They include bases for furnaces which are cast from a composition but also repair compositions, etc.

Abstract: A ceramics sintered body improved in corrosion resistance to a molten metal and a method for producing such a ceramics sintered body. The ceramics sintered body includes boron nitride, titanium diboride, a calcium compound and titanium nitride and having a relative density of 92% or more, wherein the content of the calcium compound in terms of CaO is from 0.05 to 0.8% by weight, and a peak intensity by X-ray diffraction of the (200) plane derived from titanium nitride is from 0.06 to 0.15 relative to a peak intensity of the (002) plane of BN. Further, a method for producing a ceramics sintered body, which is applicable to the ceramics sintered body, and an exothermic body for metal vapor deposition constituted by the ceramics sintered body are also disclosed.