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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:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark S Metcalfe, North Ormesby, GB;
Alan Dixon, Middlesbrough, GB;
Assignee:
Tioxide Specialties Limited, , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501103 ; 501104 ; 501105 ; 423608 ;
Abstract
A method of preparing a mixture of zirconia and a stabilising agent for the zirconia comprises milling an aqueous suspension of particulate zirconia and particulate stabilising agent in a bead mill for at least 2 minutes in the presence of a particulate mixing medium having an average particle size from 0.2 mm to 3 mm. Preferred stabilising agents are oxides of yttrium, cerium, calcium or magnesium. Surprisingly, ceramics prepared from the product mixture are more resistant to degradation by attack from water above 100.degree. C. than are ceramics prepared from coprecipitated powders.