Lanxide Technology Company, LP

Edlon Products, Inc.

Kevin P Pochopien

Terry D Claar

Danny R White

Steven M Mason

William B Johnson

Steven E Rau

Harris L Morris

Robert Roberts

Michael K Aghajanian

Raymond J Weinert

Gerhard H Schiroky

Allan J Mackinlay

Charles W Paul

Ratnesh K Dwivedi

Vilupanur Alwar Ravi

James C Wang

Royce A Bulter

Royce A Butler

A coating composition including a polyether resin and comprising a major amount of resin and a minor amount of a property-improving additive,

Polymer metal bonded composite and method of producing same

Additives for property modification in ceramic composite bodies

Self-supporting bodies are produced by reactive infiltration of a parent metal into a boron carbide material which may contain one or both of a boron donor material and a carbon donor material. The reactive infiltration typically results in a composite comprising a boron-containing compound, a carbon-containing compound and residual metal, if desired. The mass to be infiltrated may contain one or more inert fillers admixed with the boron carbide material, boron-containing compound and/or carbon-containing compound. The relative amounts of reactants and process conditions may be altered or controlled to yield a body containing varying volume percents of ceramic, metal, ratios of one ceramic to another and porosity.

Self-supporting bodies

Self-supporting bodies are produced by reactive infiltration of a parent metal into a boron carbide material which may contain one or both of a boron donor material and a carbon donor material. The reactive infiltration typically results in a composite comprising a boron-containing compound, a carbon-containing compound and residual metal, if desired. The mass to be infiltrated may contain one or more inert filters admixed with the boron carbide material, boron-containing compound and/or carbon-containing compound. The relative amounts of reactants and process conditions may be altered or controlled to yield a body containing varying volume percents of ceramic, metal, ratios of one ceramic to another and porosity.

Process for preparing self-supporting bodies and products produced

A coating composition comprising a major amount of resin and a minor amount of a property-improving additive,

Polymer-metal bonded composite and method of producing same

This invention relates generally to a novel method of manufacturing a composite body. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for modifying the resultant properties of a composite body, by, for example, minimizing the amount of porosity present in the composite body. Additives such as TaC, ZrC, ZrB.sub.2, VC, NbC, WC, W.sub.2 B.sub.5 and/or MoO.sub.2 B.sub.5 can be combined with a boron carbide material which is thereafter reactively infiltrated by a parent metal. The composite body comprises one or more boron-containing compounds (e.g., a boride or a boride and a carbide) which is made by the reactive infiltration of molten parent metal into the boron carbide mass. Particular emphasis is placed upon modifying the properties of a ZrB.sub.2 -ZrC-Zr composite body. However, the methods disclosed in the application are believed to be generic to a number of parent metals and preform materials.

Method of producing and modifying the properties of ceramic composite

Self-supporting bodies are produced by reactive infiltration of a parent metal into boron carbide typically resulting in a composite comprising a boron-containing compound and metal. The mass to be infiltrated may contain one or more inert fillers admixed with the boron carbide, or at least one carbon donor material, to produce a composite by reactive infiltration, which composite comprises a matrix of metal and boron-containing compound embedding the filler. In one embodiment of the invention, a parent metal is reactively infiltrated into a mass comprising a boron carbide material mixed with a carbon-containing compound. In this embodiment, a self-supporting composite is formed typically comprising a boron-containing compound, a carbon-containing compound, and metal. The relative amounts of reactants and process conditions may be altered or controlled to yield a body containing varying volume percents of ceramic, metal and/or porosity. The mass to be infiltrated can be contained within a refractory vessel having a venting means included therein.

Process for preparing self-supporting bodies and products made thereby

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Newark, DE, United States of America

Kevin P Pochopien