Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.

Saint-gobain/norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation

Certainteed Corporation

Coorstek, Inc.

Oh-Hun Kwon

Matthew A Simpson

Yeshwanth Narendar

Roger J Lin

Christophe Coureau

F Michael Mahoney

Stanley C Smith

Richard A Gorski

William J Donahue

Pawel Czubarow

Gwo S Swei

Todd P Dinoia

Xiaofeng Peng

Marc Abouaf

Guangyong Lin

Ronald W Laconto

Daniel Urffer

Yves Stefani

John D Pietras

Rakesh Kapoor

Edward Lilley

Bernard Cales

Leo Eugene Kennedy

Donald A Bennett

John Clayton

Aziz Mahfoud Familia

The present disclosure relates to roofing granules, such as colored solar-reflective roofing granules, and to methods for making and their use in roofing products. One aspect of the disclosure provides a collection of colored solar-reflective roofing granules, wherein substantially each roofing granule includes an inner layer of a porous ceramic material, the pore size and material of the inner layer being selected such that the inner layer is substantially reflective of infrared radiation; and disposed about and substantially surrounding the inner layer, an outer layer of a substantially colored ceramic material, the outer layer of substantially colored ceramic material being substantially transmissive to infrared radiation, the collection of colored solar-reflective roofing granules having a L* of no more than 60 and a solar reflectivity of at least 30%.

Colored solar-reflective roofing granules, roofing products including them, and methods for making them

An interconnect of a solid oxide fuel cell article is disclosed. The interconnect is disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode of the solid oxide fuel cell article. The interconnect comprises a first phase including a ceramic interconnect material and a second phase including partially stabilized zirconia. The partially stabilized zirconia may be in a range of between about 0.1 vol % and about 70 vol % of the total volume of the interconnect.

Solid oxide fuel cell interconnects including a ceramic interconnect material and partially stabilized zirconia

A solid oxide fuel cell includes an anode layer, a cathode layer, and an electrolyte layer partitioning the anode layer and the cathode layer. The anode layer and the cathode layer are of about the same thickness and have about the same coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE).

Substantially flat single cells for SOFC stacks

The present disclosure is directed to an integrated SOFC stack including, a first cell having a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer overlying the cathode layer, and an anode layer overlying the electrolyte layer. The SOFC stack also includes a second cell having a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer overlying the cathode layer, and an anode overlying the electrolyte layer. The SOFC stack further includes a ceramic interconnect layer between the first cell and the second cell, the ceramic interconnect layer having a first high temperature bonding region along the interfacial region between the first cell and the ceramic interconnect layer. The ceramic interconnect layer also includes a second high temperature bonding region along the interfacial region between the second cell and the ceramic interconnect layer.

SOFC stack having a high temperature bonded ceramic interconnect and method for making same

ESD safe ceramic component is provided which includes a sintered composition which is formed of a base material and a resistivity modifier. The base material includes a primary component and a secondary component, the primary component including AlOand the secondary component including tetragonal-ZrO.

Zirconia toughened alumina ESD safe ceramic composition, component, and methods for making same

A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes a plurality of subassemblies. Each subassembly includes at least one subcell of a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrolyte between the first and second electrodes. A first bonding layer is at the second electrode and an interconnect layer is at the first bonding layer distal to the electrolyte. A second bonding layer that is compositionally distinct from the first bonding layer is at the interconnect layer, whereby the interconnect partitions the first and second bonding layers. A method of fabricating a fuel cell assembly includes co-firing at least two subassemblies using a third bonding layer that is microstructurally or compositionally distinct from the second bonding layer.

Thermal shock-tolerant solid oxide fuel cell stack

This invention relates to a dense ceramics having ESD dissipative characteristics, tunable volume and surface resistivities in semi-insulative range (10-10Ohm-cm), substantially pore free, high flexural strength, light colors, for desired ESD dissipation characteristics, structural reliability, high vision recognition, low wear and particulate contamination to be used as ESD dissipating tools, fixtures, load bearing elements, work surfaces, containers in manufacturing and assembling electrostatically sensitive microelectronic, electromagnetic, electro-optic components, devices and systems.

Method of manufacturing a microelectronic component utilizing a tool comprising an ESD dissipative ceramic

The disclosure is directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack. The solid oxide fuel cell stack includes at least two solid oxide fuel cells. The two solid oxide fuel cells share a common electrode.

Stack supported solid oxide fuel cell

A composite material including a thermoplastic polymer matrix and a non-carbonaceous resistivity modifier dispersed in the thermoplastic polymer matrix. The composite material has a surface resistivity of about 1.0&#xd7;10ohm/sq to about 1.0&#xd7;10ohm/sq and at least a portion of a surface of the composite material has a surface roughness (Ra) not greater than about 500 nm.

Highly filled thermoplastic composites

The disclosure is directed to a solid oxide fuel cell including an electrolyte. The electrolyte is formed using a fused electrolyte powder. The disclosure is also directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack including a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells. Each solid oxide fuel cell of the plurality of solid oxide fuel cells includes an electrolyte. The electrolyte is formed using a fused electrolyte powder.

Fused zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cell

ESD dissipative ceramics

A lapping carrier for machining a row of magneto-resistive elements is disclosed. The lapping carrier includes a plurality of movable elements, the movable elements terminating at an outer surface to form a generally planar mounting surface for a row of magneto-resistive elements. The lapping carrier is formed of a ceramic material. A method for lapping or machining a row of magneto-resistive elements is also disclosed.

Lapping carrier for use in fabricating sliders

This invention relates to a dense ceramics having ESD dissipative characteristics, tunable volume and surface resistivities in semi-insulative range (10  Ohm-cm), substantially pore free, high flexural strength, light colors, for desired ESD dissipation characteristics, structural reliability, high vision recognition, low wear and particulate contamination to be used as ESD dissipating tools, fixtures, load bearing elements, work surfaces, containers in manufacturing and assembling electrostatically sensitive microelectronic, electromagnetic, electro-optic components, devices and systems.

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Westborough, MA, United States of America

Oh-Hun Kwon