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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947620 | Mullite bodies and methods of forming mullite bodies A method of forming a porous mullite composition of acicular mullite grains having improved properties is described, where the mullite is formed at some time in the presence of a fluorine containing gas. For example, it has been discovered that improved properties m... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7858547 | Ceramic with improved high temperature electrical properties for use as a spark plug insulator 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. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7696116 | Implementing a pressure-induced phase transformation in beta-eucryptite to impart toughening The invention provides composite materials comprising eucryptite particles distributed in a matrix material other than eucryptite. The matrix material may be a ceramic material such as an oxide ceramic. In an embodiment, the eucryptite particles are transformed from... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7528087 | Porous mullite bodies and methods of forming them A porous mullite composition is made by Forming a mixture of one or more precursor compounds having the elements present in mullite (e.g., clay, alumina, silica) and a property enhancing compound. The property enhancing compound is a compound having an element selec... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7510991 | Noise suppressor for electronic signals The present invention is directed to a noise suppressor for electronic signals. The noise suppressor at least includes Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) that is sintered under high temperature, resulting in ceramic Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3 | 03/31/2009 |
| 7485594 | Porous mullite bodies and methods of forming them A porous mullite composition is made by forming a mixture of one or more precursor compounds having the elements present in mullite (e.g., clay, alumina, silica) and a property enhancing compound. The property enhancing compound is a compound having an element selec... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7446067 | Ceramic green sheet and ceramic substrate A ceramic green sheet of the invention contains an inorganic powder and an organic resin and is characterized in that the inorganic powder contains 72 to 98% by weight of aluminum oxide, 1 to 12% by weight of copper oxide, 0.1 to 3% by weight of titanium oxide, and ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7335617 | Refractory product for a checker work element of a glass furnace regenerator The invention relates to a melted and cast refractory product which is intended, for example, for a checker work element of a glass furnace regenerator, having the following average chemical weight composition, expressed in weight percent based on oxide content: 0.4... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309674 | Refractory composition and process for the repair of a hot refractory wall The present invention relates to refractory composition consisting essentially of 40-90 dry weight % of amorphous silica aggregates, up to 40 dry weight % of alumina based compounds 10-15 dry weight % of clay, 0.2-2.0 dry weight % of a chemical binder and further co... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307033 | Method for producing α-alumina particulate A method for producing an α-alumina particulate is described. The method for producing an α-alumina particulate comprises steps of (Ia) and (Ib), or a step of (II): (Ia) removing water from a mixture containing water, a seed crys... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300898 | Low CTE cordierite body Disclosed is a sintered ceramic article that exhibits a primary crystalline phase of cordierite having an analytical oxide composition, expressed in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 49-53% SiO2, 33-38% Al2O3, 12-16% MgO and which... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294164 | Narrow pore size distribution aluminum titanate body and method for making same This invention relates to an aluminum titanate body having a narrow pore size distribution as characterized by the relation (d50−d10)/d50 being less than 0.50 corresponding to a high degree of interconnected porosity. The body also... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285507 | Ceramic composition being fired at low temperature and having high strength and method for preparing the same, and laminated electronic parts using the same A high-strength, low-temperature-sintered ceramic composition having a structure comprising a SrAl2Si2O8 Crystal and an Al2O3 crystal, the SrAl2Si2O8 crystal being composed of he... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276280 | Fibre mats A fibre mat (1) comprises inorganic fibres (3; 5 ) held in a flocculated binder system (4 ), the binder system comprising less than 12 w/w % of the mat. The binder-fibre flocs (3, 4 ) may be held together with relatively long inorganic fi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270704 | Mixture for fabrication of fireproof high-strength spherical granules and the method of their manufacture The inventive method for producing refractory high-strength spherical granules consists in separately presintering kaolin and bauxite in a rotational furnace, jointly sintering said components in order to produce a charging material, granulating, drying and screenin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7259120 | Aluminum titanate ceramic articles and methods of making same An aluminum titanate ceramic article having a predominant crystal phase of aluminum titanate and a material composition including aluminum, titanium, silica, an alkaline earth metal (e.g., at least one selected from the group of strontium, calcium, barium, or combin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258707 | AIO-LaO-YO-MgO ceramics, and methods of making the same Al2O3—La2O3—Y2O3—MgO ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250384 | Method for producing cordierite-based porous material A method of manufacturing a cordierite porous body of the present invention is a method of manufacturing the cordierite porous body using a cordierite forming material including an Al source, an Si source, and an Mg source and forming cordierite by firing, character... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237596 | Thermal shock resistant casting element and manufacturing process thereof The present invention concerns an element for the casting of a liquid metal, comprising a base body made from a refractory material, said body comprising an outer surface and an inner surface defining a pouring channel for the casting of the liquid metal. This eleme... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229940 | Dense cordierite based sintered body and method of manufacturing the same A dense cordierite based sintered body is provided, containing at least 93% by mass of cordierite among crystal components present in the sintered body. The average particle diameter of the particles constituting the sintered body is 2 μm or less. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213651 | Methods and compositions for introducing conductive channels into a hydraulic fracturing treatment Methods for the treatment of subterranean wells involving injecting a first fracturing fluid into a formation, and then injecting at least a second fracturing fluid into the formation in order to create extended conductive channels through a formation are described.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211533 | Oxide porcelain composition, ceramic multilayer substrate, and ceramic electronic component An oxide porcelain composition includes at least one metal element selected from Al, Si, Ba, B and Cr. The oxide porcelain composition contains about 11.5 weight percent to 60.0 weight percent of Al, in the form of Al2O3; about 4.0 weight perce... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210528 | Method of treatment subterranean formations using multiple proppant stages or mixed proppants An increase in effective propped lengths is evidenced in hydraulic fracturing treatments by the use of ultra lightweight (ULW) proppants. The ULW proppants have a density less than or equal to 2.45 g/cc and may be used as a mixture in a first proppant stage wherein ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204878 | Refractory mixes containing condensed tannin and furfuryl alcohol, and their uses This invention relates to refractory mixes produced by mixing a refractory material with an organic binder and heating to a temperature of typically from about 50° C. to about 100° C. to form a stable composite granulate. The refractor mixes comprise a major amoun... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7182891 | Non-basic refractory compound as well as its uses This invention concerns a non-basic refractory batch as well as its use. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169723 | Ceramic with improved high temperature electrical properties for use as a spark plug insulator A ceramic 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 includ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169721 | Self-foamed porous ceramic composition and method for making porous ceramic using the same Disclosed herein are a self-foamed porous ceramic composition and a method for making a porous ceramic using the self-foamed porous ceramic composition. The self-foamed porous ceramic is obtained by fabricating a glass consisting of 41˜47 mole % of calcium oxide (C... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169322 | Aqueous dispersion, process for its production and use Aqueous dispersion containing a silicon-aluminum mixed oxide powder, the powder containing 0.1 to 99.9 wt. % Al2O3 and Si—O—Al-bonds. The dispersion can be produced using dispersing and/or grinding devices which a achieve an energy input of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166271 | Silica-coated boehmite composites suitable for dentifrices Disclosed is a composite material comprising a boehmite substrate coated with a precipitated silica, the composite having a BET specific surface area of from 1 m2/g to 50 m2/g, such that the composite material has a % silica coating parameter v... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160844 | Proppants and their manufacture Small spheres, commonly referred to as proppants, are manufactured from sol-gel ceramics, preferably aluminosilicates or phosphates, and include chemical composites termed geopolymers. In the preferred manufacturing process, the required chemical components are blen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148168 | Method for producing aluminum titanate sintered compact 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 | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135231 | Process for incremental coating of proppants for hydraulic fracturing and proppants produced therefrom A high strength composite particle comprised of a series of incrementally applied resin microlayer coatings such that each of the microlayer partial coatings are interleaved with each other is described. Methods of making the composite particles, as well as methods ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112549 | Low thermal expansion ceramic and member for exposure system A low-thermal-expansion, rigid and wear-resistant ceramic is provided. The low-thermal-expansion ceramic of the invention includes 60 vol % to 99.9 vol % of at least one selected from the group consisting of cordierite, spodumene and eucryptite and 0.1 vol % to 40 v... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101820 | Crystalline compositions of doped aluminum phosphate The disclosed invention relates to novel crystalline compositions which may be obtained by doping the alpha (α) form of AlPO4 ceramics, which find use as piezoelectric materials, stable supports for catalysts, biotechnology uses, and the like. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101821 | Silicon composition This invention provides a silicon composition comprising at least 15 wt % of hydrolysed silicon compounds and at least 3 wt % of a binder material. The silicon composition is used in the manufacture of ceramics. The hydrolysed silicon compounds can for example be th... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095175 | Foil seal lamp A foil seal lamp in which even when a high temperature of the seal area is reached oxidation of the molybdenum metal foils and the molybdenum outer leads which have been placed in the seal area can be reliably prevented, and in which a long service life can be obtai... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091146 | Enhanced ceramic material for precision alignment mechanism Ceramics containing 80 wt % or greater of alumina (Al2O3), with Mn, Ti, Fe, Si, Ca and Mg, with Mn—Al spinal (MnO.Al2O3) crystals and anorthite crystals (CaO.Al2O3.2SiO2) generated by cal... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074733 | Unwrought refractory composition, in particular for producing glass furnace hearths An unwrought refractory composition, in particular for producing glass furnace hearths, includes a base mixture comprising in wt. %: 1 to 6% of a hydraulic cement, and 94 to 99% of particles of at least a refractory material mainly consisting of alumina (Al2 | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071135 | Ceramic body based on aluminum titanate and including a glass phase A ceramic body comprising a crystal phase of aluminum titanate in an amount of 50 to 95% by weight, and a glass phase in an amount of 5 to 50% by weight. The inventive ceramic body may include a second crystal phase, for example mullite in an amount of up to 40% by ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067445 | Extended particle size distribution ceramic fracturing proppant A proppant mixture with an extended particle size distribution exhibits improved properties, such as crush strength and conductivity, as compared with a conventional product with a narrow size distribution. ... | 06/27/2006 |
