Saint-gobain/norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation

Saint-gobain Industrial Ceramics, Inc.

Lawrence E Orne

Arup K Khaund

Ajay K Garg

Mark R Young

Firing sol-gel alumina particles

Sol-gel alumina that is dried but unfired can be explosively comminuted by feeding the dried gel into a furnace held at temperatures above those at which vaporizable materials are eliminated from the particles of gel. At suitably elevated temperatures the firing is sufficient to form fully densified alpha alumina particles of a size suitable for direct use as abrasive grits.

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Leominster, MA, United States of America

Lawrence E Orne