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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1991
Terry D Claar, Newark, DE (US);
Gerhard H Schiroky, Hockessin, DE (US);
Donald P Ripa, North East, MD (US);
William B Johnson, Newark, DE (US);
Lanxide Technology Company, LP, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a novel method of preparing self-supporting bodies, and novel products made thereby. In its more specific aspects, this invention relates to a method for producing self-supporting bodies comprising one or more boron-containing compounds, e.g., a boride or a boride and a carbide, by reactive infiltration of molten parent metal into a preform comprising boron carbide or a boron donor material combined with a carbon donor material and, optionally, one or more inert fillers, to form the body. Specifically, a boron carbide material or combination of a boron donor material and a carbon donor material, and in either case, optionally, one or more inert fillers, are sedimentation cast, slip cast or pressed onto or into a body and into a particular desired shape.