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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1986
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kurosaki Refractories Co., Ltd., Kitakyushi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 97 ; 264 82 ; 423344 ; 501 92 ;
Abstract
After sintering, ceramic body of Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 -SiC is heat-treated at 500.degree.-1500.degree. C. in atmosphere of gas mixture of chlorine and nitrogen whereby SiC is converted into silicon chloride which in turn is nitrided to form Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 in the pores of the ceramic body to provide closed pore structure. Gas mixture may contain oxygen. Heat treatment may be conducted in pressurized atmosphere of gas mixture.