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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1988
William H Atwell, Midland, MI (US);
Gary T Burns, Midland, MI (US);
Chandan K Saha, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
The preparation of highly densified ceramic bodies by sintering certain curable organopolysiloxanes filled with silicon carbide powders, metal-containing sintering aids, and organopolysiloxane curing agents described. Such highly densified ceramic bodies can be prepared by either a pressure-less or a hot press sintering process. The compositions of this invention can be formed into desired shapes and then sintered to form ceramic, shaped bodies with high densities. One advantage of the present invention is that the green bodies have relative high strengths and thus can be easily handled and, if desired, machined before sintering. The curable organopolysiloxanes useful in this invention must yield a ceramic char which contains free or excess carbon in addition to carbon in the form of silicon carbide upon pyrolysis to elevated temperatures.