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Reaction cured glass and glass coatings
Assignee: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Filing: 1976-10-29
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Granted: 1978-06-06
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Expires: 1996-10-29
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to reaction cured glass and glass coatings prepared by reacting a compound selected from the group of substances consisting of silicon tetraboride, silicon hexaboride, other boron silicides, boron and mixtures thereof with a reactive glass frit composed of a porous high silica borosilicate glass and boron oxide. The glassy composites of the present invention are useful as coatings on low density fibrous porous silica insulations used as heat shields and for articles such as reaction vessels that are subjected to high temperatures with rapid heating and cooling and that require resistance to temperature and repeated thermal shock at temperatures up to about 1482° C (2700PF).
Inventors
- 👤 with respect to an invention of Fletcher James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 👤 Howard E. Goldstein
- 👤 Daniel B. Leiser
- 👤 Victor W. Katvala
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-27 16:32
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B41/00; C04B41/009; C03; C03C; C03C1/00; C03C14/00; C03C14/004; C03C3/00; C03C3/04; C03C3/076; C03C3/089; C03C8/00; C03C8/14; C04B41/45; C04B41/50; C04B41/5022; C03C2205/00; C03C2214/00; C03C2214/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249962; Y10T428/249967; Y10T428/249969; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/252; Y10T428/259; Y10T428/27; Y10T428/273; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2982; Y10T428/2991; Y10T428/2993; Y10T428/2996
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition comprising the reaction product of: (a) the reaction of about two tenths to about 6 percent by weight of a less than about 80 mesh powder of a substance selected from the group consisting of silicon tetraboride, silicon hexaboride, boron silicides, boron and mixtures thereof, with; (b) finely divided particles of a reactive glass frit prepared by combining two tenths of a part to 10 parts boron oxide with 100 parts of a porous high silica borosilicate glass wherein said glass frit is sintered rather than fused and is a two-phase glass with a very reactive high boron oxide borosilicate glass layer on the outside covering a more refractory low boron content high silica borosilicate glass in the core of each particle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition comprising the reaction product of: (a) the reaction of about two tenths to about 6 percent by weight of a less than about 80 mesh powder of a substance selected from the group consisting of silicon tetraboride, silicon hexaboride, boron silicides, boron and mixtures thereof, with; (b) finely divided particles of a reactive glass frit prepared by combining two tenths of a part to 10 parts boron oxide with 100 parts of a porous high silica borosilicate glass wherein said glass frit is sintered rather than fused and is a two-phase glass with a very reactive high boron oxide borosilicate glass layer on the outside covering a more refractory low boron content high silica borosilicate glass in the core of each particle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition of claim 1 additionally comprising a flux glass to modify the thermal expansion coefficient.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition of claim 1 wherein said reactive glass frit is prepared by combining from about 2 to about 4 percent by weight of boron oxide with said porous high silica borosilicate glass.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition of claim 1 wherein said reactive glass frit is a powder of less than about 80 mesh particle size.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The reaction cured glass ceramic-metal composition of claim 1 wherein said porous high silica borosilicate glass is a Vycor porous glass powder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
229 words
A high temperature resistant article comprising a reaction cured glass coating composition resulting from the process of: (a) reacting about two tenths of a percent to about 6 percent by weight of a less than about 80 mesh powder of a substance selected from the group consisting of silicon tetraboride, silicon hexaboride, other boron silicides, boron and mixtures thereof, with a finely divided particulate reactive glass frit prepared by combining two tenths of a part to 10 parts of boron oxide with 100 parts of a porous high silica borosilicate glass wherein said glass frit is sintered rather than fused and is a two-phase glass with a very reactive high boron oxide borosilicate glass layer on the outside covering a more refractory low boron content high silica borosilicate glass in the core of each particle; (b) blending the reaction product in a ball mill with a carrier solution and a prebinder in a ratio of 35 to 50 percent by weight solid components to provide a coating slurry; (c) applying said coating slurry to a porous silica glass substrate or a ceramic substrate; (d) drying said coating at about 20° to about 100° C; and (e) glazing said coating for about one half to two hours at about 1000° to about 1400° C, by inserting the coated substrate into the furnace at temperature and removing it rapidly after glazing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
229 words
A high temperature resistant article comprising a reaction cured glass coating composition resulting from the process of: (a) reacting about two tenths of a percent to about 6 percent by weight of a less than about 80 mesh powder of a substance selected from the group consisting of silicon tetraboride, silicon hexaboride, other boron silicides, boron and mixtures thereof, with a finely divided particulate reactive glass frit prepared by combining two tenths of a part to 10 parts of boron oxide with 100 parts of a porous high silica borosilicate glass wherein said glass frit is sintered rather than fused and is a two-phase glass with a very reactive high boron oxide borosilicate glass layer on the outside covering a more refractory low boron content high silica borosilicate glass in the core of each particle; (b) blending the reaction product in a ball mill with a carrier solution and a prebinder in a ratio of 35 to 50 percent by weight solid components to provide a coating slurry; (c) applying said coating slurry to a porous silica glass substrate or a ceramic substrate; (d) drying said coating at about 20° to about 100° C; and (e) glazing said coating for about one half to two hours at about 1000° to about 1400° C, by inserting the coated substrate into the furnace at temperature and removing it rapidly after glazing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The reaction cured glass coating in claim 6 additionally comprising a flux glass added to said substance and reactive glass frit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The reaction cured glass coating of claim 6 wherein said reactive glass frit is prepared by combining 2 to 4 percent by weight boron oxide with said porous high silica borosilicate glass.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The reaction cured glass coating of claim 6 wherein said reactive glass frit is a powder of less than about 80 mesh particle size.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The reaction cured glass coating of claim 6 wherein said carrier solution is ethanol and said prebinder is methylcellulose.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
The reaction cured glass coating composition of claim 6 wherein said porous high silica borosilicate glass is a Vycor porous glass powder.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The reaction cured glass coating of claim 6 wherein the final coating weight is 0.049 to 0.147 gm/cm 2 .
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
The article of claim 6 wherein the coating is applied to silica structures such as low density porous fibrous insulation and foamed silica of densities from 7 to 30 pounds per cubic foot.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the components are blended for 3 to 12 hours in a ball mill.
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