Dow Corning Corporation

Dow Corning Asia Limited

Gregg Alan Zank

Duane R Bujalski

Kai Su

Jonathan Lipowitz

Thomas Duncan Barnard

William H Atwell

A method for manufacturing an organic solvent-soluble hydrogenated octasilsesquioxane-vinyl group-containing compound copolymer comprising reacting 1 mol of (A) a hydrogenated octasilsesquioxane described by formula I

Hydrogenated octasilsesquioxane-vinyl group-containing copolymer and method for manufacture

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a ceramic fiber from alkenyl or alkynyl functional resins and to the ceramic fibers produced therefrom. The method comprises (A) forming a fiber from a siloxane resin comprised of R.sup.1.sub.a R.sup.2.sub.b RSiO.sub.(3-a-b)/2 units wherein R is an unsaturated carbon group; each R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting essentially of an aryl group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms and functional derivatives thereof; each R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting essentially of an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and functional derivatives thereof; a has a value of 0, 1 or 2; b has a value of 0, 1, or 2 with the proviso that a+b &lt;2; (B) curing the fiber by exposing the fiber to high energy radiation to render it non-fusible; and (C) heating the non-fusible fiber in an inert environment to a temperature above about 800.degree. C. to convert it to a ceramic fiber.

Amorphous silicon oxycarbide and crystalline silicon carbide fibers from

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a ceramic fiber wherein the method comprises (A) forming a green fiber from an alk-1-enyl ether functional siloxane resin of the general formula (R.sup.1 SiO.sub.3/2).sub.q (R.sup.2 SiO.sub.3/2).sub.r (R.sup.1.sub.w R.sup.2.sub.x RSiO.sub.(3-w-x)/2).sub.s (R.sup.1.sub.w R.sup.2.sub.x R.sup.3 SiO.sub.(3-w-x)/2).sub.t wherein R is an alk-1-enyl ether group; each R.sup.1 is selected from an aryl group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms; each R.sup.2 is selected from an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.3 is an alkenyl group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms; w has a value of 0, 1 or 2; x has a value of 0, 1, or 2 with the provisio that w+x.ltoreq.2; q has a value of 0 to 0.98; r has a value of 0 to 0.98; s is greater than zero; t.gtoreq.0; s+t=0.02 to 0.5 and q+r+s+t=1; (B) curing the green fiber to render it non-fusible; and (C) heating the non-fusible fiber in an inert environment to a temperature above 800.degree. C. to convert it to a ceramic fiber.

Process of producing fibers from curable alk-1-enyl ether functional

This invention pertains to polycarbosilane hydroxides which contain units of the formula ##STR1## where R is a hydrocarbon having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and to methods for their manufacture. The polycarbosilane hydroxides may be prepared by the oxidation of a polycarbosilane.

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