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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:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger L Matsumoto, Newark, DE (US);
Allan B Rosenthal, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 97 ; 501 96 ; 501 98 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a wear resistant sintered ceramic product comprising (a) 40-98 weight percent silicon nitride having a high alpha-phase content, (b) 2-60 weight percent of a silicide of iron, cobalt or nickel and (c) up to 20 weight percent of at least one oxide, nitride, or silicate of an element of IUPAC groups 2, 3, 4, 13 or the lanthanide series. A method for making such a product is also disclosed.