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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
Anatoly Z. Rosenflanz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Ahmet Celikkaya, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Anderson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Anatoly Z. Rosenflanz, Maplewood, MN (US);
Ahmet Celikkaya, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Anderson, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Ceramic fibers comprising glass, and composites comprising such fibers. The glass comprises at least 35 percent by weight AlO, based on the total metal oxide content of the glass, a first metal oxide other than AlO, and a second, different metal oxide other than AlO. The glass contains not more than 10 percent by weight collectively AsO, BO, GeO, PO, SiO, TeO, and VO, based on the total weight of the glass. The first and the second metal oxides are each selected from the group consisting of YO, REO, MgO, TiO, CrO, CuO, NiO, FeO, ZrO, HfOand complex metal oxides thereof. At least a portion of the glass may be converted to crystals.