Compositions: ceramic – Ceramic compositions – Carbide or oxycarbide containing
Patent
1996-07-22
1997-04-08
Group, Karl
Compositions: ceramic
Ceramic compositions
Carbide or oxycarbide containing
501 12, 501 55, 501 96, 423277, 423325, C04B 35571, C04B 3558
Patent
active
056187661
ABSTRACT:
Lightweight, monolithic ceramics resistant to oxidation in air at high temperatures are made by impregnating a porous carbon preform with a sol which contains a mixture of tetraethoxysilane, dimethyldiethoxysilane and trimethyl borate. The sol is gelled and dried on the carbon preform to form a ceramic precursor. The precursor is pyrolyzed in an inert atmosphere to form the ceramic which is made of carbon, silicon, oxygen and boron. The carbon of the preform reacts with the dried gel during the pyrolysis to form a component of the resulting ceramic. The ceramic is of the same size, shape and form as the carbon precursor. Thus, using a porous, fibrous carbon precursor, such as a carbon felt, results in a porous, fibrous ceramic. Ceramics of the invention are useful as lightweight tiles for a reentry spacecraft.
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Chen Timothy S.
Hsu Ming-Ta
Leiser Daniel B.
Group Karl
Lupeloff Harry
Mannix John G.
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator
Warsh Kenneth L.
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