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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1990
Yutaka Furuse, Choufu, JP;
Keiji Matsuhiro, Nagoya, JP;
The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Ltd., Tokyo, US;
NGK Insulators Ltd., Nagoya, US;
Abstract
A sintered ceramic composite body is manufactured by preparing a powdery mixture composed of a base material composed of either one of oxide ceramic such as alumina, mullite, magnesia, or the like, and nonoxide ceramic such as silicon nitride, sialon, or the like, and a reinforcement material composed of particles or platelet particles of silicon carbide which have a size ranging from 5 to 20 .mu.m, the particles of silicon carbide being contained at a volume ratio ranging from 3 to 50%. The platelet particles have a maximum diameter ranging from 5 to 50 .mu.m and a thickness which is 1/3 or less of the maximum diameter. The powdery mixture is molded into a shaped product, which is then sintered in a temperature range from 1,400.degree. to 1,900.degree. C. for the base material which is composed of oxide ceramic or in a temperature range from 1,500.degree. to 2,000.degree. C. for the base material which is composed of nonoxide ceramic.