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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Nicolas LeBlond, Painted Post, NY (US);
Mehrdad Mahmoudi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes silicon carbide articles useful at high temperatures, and the method of making them. The method includes: providing a plurality of silicon carbide parts; providing a mullite gasket; placing the gasket between the ends of the parts to be joined to thereby form an assembly; applying a load in the range of 15-25 pounds per square inch to the parts' ends distal from the gasket to thereby press the gasket; heating the assembly in a muffle furnace under load to a temperature in the range of 1450° C. to 1550° C.; increasing the load on the to range of 30-50 pounds per square inch and holding the assembly at the temperature for a time in the range of 2-5 days to adhere the mullite gasket to the ends of the silicon carbide parts.