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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1988
Evans A LaRoche, Jr, Middletown, DE (US);
Jerry G Weinstein, Newark, DE (US);
Lanxide Technology Company, LP, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of producing a self-supporting ceramic composite body having therein at least one cavity which inversely replicates the geometry of an expendable pattern. The method includes the steps of surrounding the expendable pattern with a filler material to thereby form a filled cavity within the filler material. The expendable pattern is chemically or physically removed from the filler material and a quantity of a parent metal is put into the cavity. The parent metal is heated to a temperature above its melting point and an oxidation reaction process begins whereby the oxidation reaction product infiltrates and embeds the surrounding filler material. Excess filler material and/or excess parent metal are removed, thus resulting in a self-supporting ceramic composite body having a cavity in the shape of the expendable pattern.