US3953646A
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Two-component ceramic coating for silica insulation
Assignee: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Filing: 1974-06-24
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Granted: 1976-04-27
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Expires: 1994-06-24
Abstract
Abstract Low density, fibrous, rigid, silica insulations are rendered impervious to moisture by application of a ceramic glaze coating comprising a silica barrier layer and an emissivity glaze layer comprising a high silica glass component, an emissivity agent and a borosilicate glass component. The resulting ceramic glaze laminate adhered to the fibrous silica insulation provides a moisture-impervious insulating material which exhibits a high emissivity and is resistant to delamination and spalling at repeated cycles of thermal shock.
Inventors
- 👤 with respect to an invention of Fletcher James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 👤 Alexander Pechman
- 👤 Robert M. Beasley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-28 21:26
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; C03; C03C; C03C8/00; C03C8/14; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/14; C04B41/45; C04B41/52; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
An insulating structure for withstanding repeated exposure to cyclical temperature changes of from about -250°F. to about 2,500°F., said structure comprising a substrate having thereon a moisture-impervious ceramic laminate coating which comprises: a. a barrier layer consisting essentially of fused silica, said barrier layer adhered to said substrate; and b. an emissivity-glaze layer consisting essentially of a high silica glass, a borosilicate glass having a composition of from about 70 to about 87 wt.% SiO 2 , from about 10 to about 20 wt.% B 2 O 3 , from about 2 to about 5 wt.% Na 2 O and from about 1 to about 5 wt.% Al 2 O 3 , and an emissivity agent selected from the group of silicon carbide, nickel oxide, chrome oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel-chrome spinel, silicon nitride, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt, and mixtures thereof with the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass being from about 3:1 to about 19:1 and the weight ratio of high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent being from about 50:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
An insulating structure for withstanding repeated exposure to cyclical temperature changes of from about -250°F. to about 2,500°F., said structure comprising a substrate having thereon a moisture-impervious ceramic laminate coating which comprises: a. a barrier layer consisting essentially of fused silica, said barrier layer adhered to said substrate; and b. an emissivity-glaze layer consisting essentially of a high silica glass, a borosilicate glass having a composition of from about 70 to about 87 wt.% SiO 2 , from about 10 to about 20 wt.% B 2 O 3 , from about 2 to about 5 wt.% Na 2 O and from about 1 to about 5 wt.% Al 2 O 3 , and an emissivity agent selected from the group of silicon carbide, nickel oxide, chrome oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel-chrome spinel, silicon nitride, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt, and mixtures thereof with the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass being from about 3:1 to about 19:1 and the weight ratio of high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent being from about 50:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The insulating structure of claim 1 wherein said barrier layer is from about 4 to about 8 mils in thickness and said emissivity-glaze layer is from about 9 to about 12 mils in thickness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The insulating structure of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass in said emissivity-glaze layer is from about 10:1 to about 19:1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The insulating structure of claim 3 wherein the weight ratio of the high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent in said emissivity-glaze layer is from about 19:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The insulating structure of claim 4 wherein the emissivity agent is selected from the group of silicon carbide, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The insulating structure of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a low density, rigid, fibrous silica insulation having a density of from about 9 to about 20 pounds per cubic foot.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
204 words
A method of rendering impervious to moisture a substrate which comprises sequentially applying to said substrate and firing at a temperature of from about 1,700°F. to about 2,500°F. a. a barrier coating consisting essentially of a fused silica slip having from about 80 to about 90 wt.% solids and b. an emissivity-glaze coating consisting essentially of a high silica glass, a borosilicate glass having a composition of from about 70 to about 87 wt.% SiO 2 , from about 10 to about 20 wt.% B 2 O 3 , from about 2 to about 5 wt.% Na 2 O, and from about 1 to about 5 wt.% Al 2 O 3 and an emissivity agent selected from the group of silicon carbide, nickel oxide, chrome oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel-chrome spinel, silicon nitride, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt and mixtures thereof, and an effective amount of a suspension agent in an aqueous slurry containing from about 10 to about 90 wt.% solids, with the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass being from about 3:1 to about 19:1 and with the weight ratio of high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent being from about 50:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
204 words
A method of rendering impervious to moisture a substrate which comprises sequentially applying to said substrate and firing at a temperature of from about 1,700°F. to about 2,500°F. a. a barrier coating consisting essentially of a fused silica slip having from about 80 to about 90 wt.% solids and b. an emissivity-glaze coating consisting essentially of a high silica glass, a borosilicate glass having a composition of from about 70 to about 87 wt.% SiO 2 , from about 10 to about 20 wt.% B 2 O 3 , from about 2 to about 5 wt.% Na 2 O, and from about 1 to about 5 wt.% Al 2 O 3 and an emissivity agent selected from the group of silicon carbide, nickel oxide, chrome oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel-chrome spinel, silicon nitride, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt and mixtures thereof, and an effective amount of a suspension agent in an aqueous slurry containing from about 10 to about 90 wt.% solids, with the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass being from about 3:1 to about 19:1 and with the weight ratio of high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent being from about 50:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the weight ratio of high silica glass to borosilicate glass in the emissivity-glaze coating is from about 10:1 to about 19:1.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 8 wherein the weight ratio of high silica glass plus borosilicate glass to emissivity agent in the emissivity-glaze coating is from about 19:1 to about 4:1.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the emissivity agent is selected from the group of silicon carbide, calcined mixed oxides of iron, chrome and cobalt and mixtures thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 10 wherein the solids content of the emissivity-glaze coating is from about 25 to about 75 wt.%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the suspension agent in the emissivity-glaze coating is methyl cellulose.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the substrate is a low density, rigid, fibrous silica insulation having a density of from about 9 to about 20 pounds per cubic foot.
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