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High temperature resistant cermet and ceramic compositions
Assignee: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Filing: 1977-12-08
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Granted: 1978-12-26
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Expires: 1997-12-08
Abstract
Abstract Cermet compositions having high temperature oxidation resistance, high hardness and high abrasion and wear resistance, and particularly adapted for production of high temperature resistant cermet insulator bodies, comprising a sintered body of particles of a high temperature resistant metal or metal alloy, preferably molybdenum or tungsten particles, dispersed in and bonded to a solid solution formed of aluminum oxide and silicon nitride, and particularly a ternary solid solution formed of a mixture of aluminum oxide, silicon nitride and aluminum nitride. Also disclosed are novel ceramic compositions comprising a sintered solid solution of aluminum oxide, silicon nitride and aluminum nitride.
Inventors
- 👤 with respect to an invention of Fletcher James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 👤 Wayne M. Phillips
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/597; C04B35/71; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T407/00; Y10T407/27
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A process for producing a high temperature oxidation resistant cermet composition which comprises sintering a mixture of (a) metal or metal alloy particles and (b) a ceramic material comprising silicon nitride and an oxide selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide and chromium oxide, to form a cermet composition of said metal or metal alloy particles coated with and dispersed in a solid solution of said ceramic material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A process for producing a high temperature oxidation resistant cermet composition which comprises sintering a mixture of (a) metal or metal alloy particles and (b) a ceramic material comprising silicon nitride and an oxide selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, yttrium oxide and chromium oxide, to form a cermet composition of said metal or metal alloy particles coated with and dispersed in a solid solution of said ceramic material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process as defined in claim 1, said mixture including aluminum nitride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process as defined in claim 1, said metal or metal alloy particles being metal particles selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and niobium particles, said sintering being carried out by hot pressing said mixture at temperature ranging from about 1,700° to about 2,000° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process as defined in claim 2, said metal or metal alloy particles being metal particles selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and niobium particles, said sintering being carried out by hot pressing said mixture at temperature ranging from about 1,700° to about 2,000° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as defined in claim 3, said mixture containing about 5 to about 40% by volume of said metal particles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as defined in claim 4, said mixture containing about 5 to about 40% by volume of said metal particles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process as defined in claim 3, said metal particles ranging in size from about 0.001 inches to about 0.125 inches in diameter, said ceramic material consisting of particles of a size less than 1/10 the diameter of said metal particles.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as defined in claim 3, said ceramic material containing about 30 to about 60 mol % silicon nitride, about 40 to about 70 mol % of said oxide.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process as defined in claim 6, said ceramic material consisting of about 10 to about 90 mol % of the combination of aluminum nitride and said oxide, the mol proportions of aluminum nitride and said oxide in said combination being approximately equal, and about 10 to about 90 mol % silicon nitride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process as defined in claim 3, said oxide being aluminum oxide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
A process as defined in claim 6, said oxide being aluminum oxide.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as defined in claim 6, wherein said oxide is a mixture of about 1 to about 10% yttrium oxide and about 90 to about 99% aluminum oxide, by weight.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as defined in claim 6, said metal or metal alloy particles being coated with a binder selected from the group consisting of paraffin wax, carnauba wax and beeswax.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process as defined in claim 6, said ceramic material consisting of about 10 to about 90 mol % silicon nitride, about 4 to about 47 mol % of said oxide, and about 5 to about 50 mol % aluminum nitride.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
A process as defined in claim 6, said ceramic material consisting of about 3 to about 22 mol % silicon nitride, about 21 to about 38 mol % of said oxide, and about 55 to about 70 mol % aluminum nitride.
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