Corning Incorporated

Joel Edward Clinton

Yunfeng Gu

Curtis Robert Fekety

Zhen Song

Ji Wang

Kenneth Joseph Drury

Michael E Saunders

A method of strengthening a silica soot compact is provided. The method includes forming a mixture of silica soot particles and nanoparticles, and forming a silica soot compact from the mixture.

Nanoparticle additives for silica soot compacts and methods for strengthening silica soot compacts

A coating apparatus includes modular interfaces and substrate receptors for accommodating various shapes and sizes of monolith substrates when coating layers are applied onto the monolith substrates. The monolith substrates are laterally surrounded by an elastically deformable sleeve that prevents lateral leakage of a vacuum out of the monolith substrate when a vacuum is applied to opposing ends of the monolith substrate, thereby eliminating needs for bulky vacuum chambers. The coating apparatus also includes valves and control apparatus that enable excess precursor liquid to be drained from monolith channels in-situ, without the use of additional spin-drying steps. Coating methods for using the coating apparatus are provided.

Coating apparatus and method for forming a coating layer on monolith substrates

Composite-membrane monoliths include a cordierite monolith having a cordierite-ceramic composite membrane bonded to surfaces thereof with a surface median pore size. The cordierite-ceramic composite membrane has membrane surfaces with a membrane median pore size of 0.3 &#x3bc;m or less. The cordierite-ceramic composite membrane may be a composite formed by firing the cordierite monolith subsequent to applying a cordierite-ceramic composite slip to surfaces thereof. The cordierite-ceramic slip may include cordierite particles and ceramic particles. The cordierite particles may have a cordierite median particle size smaller than the surface median pore size. The ceramic particles may have a ceramic median particle size smaller than the cordierite median particle size.

Cordierite-based composite membrane coated on cordierite monolith

A porous structure sealed at both ends for use in a gas separation module; and a method for separating components of a gas stream.

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Waverly, NY, United States of America

Joel Edward Clinton