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Process of manufacturing boron ceramics from carboralated diacetylene polymers
Assignee: CNA Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1988-11-18
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2008-11-18
Abstract
Abstract Boron-containing ceramics are formed from organoboron precermaic polymers which are carboralated acetylenic poolymers. The polymers can be formed by carboralating acetylenic or diacetylenic diols and condensing the diols to form carboralated polyesters. In an alternative process, polydiacetylene formed by the polymerization of diacetylene monomers having conjugated triple bonds are carboralated subsequent to polymerization. A process for obtaining readily soluble polydiacetylenes comprises heating a diacetylene diol in a high boiling solvent.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert E. Johnson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 16:54
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/622; C04B35/62227; C04B35/62272; C04B35/62277; C04B35/515; C04B35/56; C04B35/563; C04B35/58; C04B35/583; C04B35/62286; C04B35/6229; C04B35/626; C04B35/62605; C04B35/62625; C04B35/6264; C04B35/62645; C04B35/6267; C04B35/63; C04B35/632; C04B35/634; C04B35/63404; C04B35/63408; C08; C08G; C08G79/00; C08G79/08; C04B2235/00; C04B2235/02; C04B2235/30; C04B2235/46; C04B2235/465; C04B2235/48; C04B2235/486
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
A process for producing a boron-containing ceramic from organoboron preceramic polymers comprising: forming a preceramic polymer by carboralating a polydiacetylene polymer which contains as a repeating unit a conjugated double and triple bond so as to form carborane units at the location of said triple bonds of said polydiacetylene and pyrolyzing said carboralated polydiacetylene at a temperature sufficient to convert said carboralated polydiacetylene to a boron-containing ceramic.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
A process for producing a boron-containing ceramic from organoboron preceramic polymers comprising: forming a preceramic polymer by carboralating a polydiacetylene polymer which contains as a repeating unit a conjugated double and triple bond so as to form carborane units at the location of said triple bonds of said polydiacetylene and pyrolyzing said carboralated polydiacetylene at a temperature sufficient to convert said carboralated polydiacetylene to a boron-containing ceramic.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said polydiacetylene polymer has molecular weight (Mw) of 1000 to 10,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said preceramic polymer is pyrolyzed in an inert gas to yield a boron carbide-containing ceramic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 1, wherein said preceramic polymer is pyrolyzed in a gas reactive with boron to yield a ceramic comprising a product of boron and said reactive gas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 4, wherein said reactive gas is a nitrogen-containing gas and said ceramic comprises boron nitride.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
The process of claim 5, wherein said nitrogen-containing gas is ammonia or nitrogen.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The process of claim 3 comprising spinning said preceramic polymer into a fiber prior to pyrolyzation and pyrolyzing said preceramic polymeric fiber to yield to a boron carbide-containing fiber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process of claim 5 comprising spinning said preceramic polymer into a fiber prior to pyrolyzation and pyrolyzing said preceramic polymeric fiber to yield a boron nitride-containing fiber.
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