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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Kevin W. Kirby, Calabasas Hills, CA (US);
John J. Vajo, West Hills, CA (US);
Anthony Jankiewicz, Seattle, WA (US);
John Herold, Tucson, AZ (US);
Carlos Valenzuela, Tucson, AZ (US);
Frank Judnich, Tucson, AZ (US);
Wayne Anderson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for improving the thermal barrier properties of silicone resin/glass fiber composites. Composites comprising a layer of polysiloxane (silicone resin) matrix with a glass or quartz fiber reinforcement embedded in such matrix and an organic polymeric layer were subjected to multi-cycle heat treatment, preferably with quartz lamps. The polysiloxane layer was pre-coated with graphite dispersion in order to ensure acceptable optical receptivity of the polysiloxane layer. As a result, the silicone resin was converted into a thick porous layer of silicone dioxide, the latter having the improved thermal barrier properties.