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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:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ram Bajaj, Greensburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 43 ; 264 42 ; 501 84 ;
Abstract
Ceramic articles having improved fracture toughness are prepared by ion bombardment of ceramic particles by gas ions to impregnate the particles, cold compacting the gas ion-containing ceramic particles into a form, and hot pressing the gas ion-containing ceramic particle form into a ceramic article whereby gas bubbles are formed in and substantially homogeneously dispersed throughout the ceramic article.