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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1987
Richard L Helferich, Clayton, OH (US);
Robert C Schenck, Kettering, OH (US);
The Duriron Company, Inc., Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
Described herein are porous ceramic articles comprised of a porous ceramic body portion (of either predominantly open- or predominantly closed-cell porosity) having, integral with pre-selected surfaces thereof, a thin porous ceramic membrane layer which itself may be of open- or closed-celled porosity. Also described are methods of bringing about such membrane layers and such articles. The invention is particularly useful for providing porous ceramic filtering elements, such as diesel particulate traps, wherein the body portion has a predominant open-celled porosity and wherein the porous ceramic membrane surfaces also are open-celled porosity but whose pores are smaller than those of the body portion, as well as for providing articles such as kiln furniture having smooth porous ceramic membrane layers or skins on pre-selected surfaces.