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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:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Ivar Reimanis, Golden, CO (US);
Chris Seick, Golden, CO (US);
Kyle Fitzpatrick, Arvada, CO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides composite materials comprising eucryptite particles distributed in a matrix material other than eucryptite. The matrix material may be a ceramic material such as an oxide ceramic. In an embodiment, the eucryptite particles are transformed from the β-phase to the ε-phase during fabrication of the composite. This phase transformation can enable a eucryptite-based transformation toughening mechanism.