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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:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin J Nilsen, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 97 ; 501 98 ; 264 65 ;
Abstract
A silicon nitride-based powder composition that yields sintered bodies having a density of at least 3.15 g/cm.sup.3 by pressureless sintering. The composition includes silicon nitride and an amount of bismuth oxide as a phase transition aid in addition to magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide and, optionally, silicon dioxide. The sintered bodies can be produced at temperatures of 1650.degree. C. or less.