PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SELF-CARRYING CERAMIC PRODUCTS OF COMPOSED STRUCTURE, AND SELF-CARRYING CERAMIC PRODUCTS OF COMPOSED STRUCTURE

A method is provided for producing a self-supporting ceramic body comprising a polycrystalline material comprised of the oxidation reaction product of a parent metal (10) and having therein one or more channels which inversely replicate the geometry of a configured fugitive metal (6). The method inc...

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Hauptverfasser:	AGHAJANIAN,MICHAEL K.,US, ZWICKER,HARRY R.,US, WHITE,DANNY RAY,US
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALLOYS ARTIFICIAL STONE CEMENTS CERAMICS CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS CONCRETE FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS LIME, MAGNESIA METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS REFRACTORIES SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG, OR MIXTURESCONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER SLAG TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is provided for producing a self-supporting ceramic body comprising a polycrystalline material comprised of the oxidation reaction product of a parent metal (10) and having therein one or more channels which inversely replicate the geometry of a configured fugitive metal (6). The method includes providing an assembly of the configured fugitive metal (6) and the parent metal (10), optionally including a bed of permeable filler (4), and heating the assembly to form a body of molten parent metal. The molten parent metal is oxidized under selected conditions to grow the polycrystalline material to engulf the configured fugitive metal (6) (and to infiltrate the filler (4), if the filler (4) is present) and to cause the fugitive metal (6) to disperse into the engulfing polycrystalline material thereby leaving behind as the one or more channels the space formerly occupied by the configured fugitive metal (6). The method provides self-supporting ceramic bodies having therein one or more channels inversely replicating the shape of the configured fugitive metal (6).