3745 results about "Glass-ceramic" patented technology

The application relates to an article having a antimicrobial surface with a metal ion concentration, especially a Ag-concentration in a depth of about 0 um to about 2 um of the article measured from the surface higher than 0,6 wt %, preferably 0,8 weight-%, most preferably 1 weight-%.

A composition for a Coating System (paint) which forms an insulating material being designed to both reflect infrared radiation and have reduced thermal conductivity. The coating system may be either a single Thermal Coating or may be a Thermal Coating used in combination with a Thermal Primer. The Thermal Coating is formulated using conventional techniques and a resin used in paint manufacture, but utilizes primary pigments and extender mineral pigments which preferentially reflect in the infra red area of the solar spectrum. A method of characterizing particulate materials for their infra red reflectivity is described, which provides a means for preferential selection of particulate additives based on their relative visible light and infrared reflectivity. Additionally the incorporation of hollow micro-spheres is desired to reduce thermal conductivity. The Thermal Primer is designed to provide adhesion between the Thermal Coating and the substrate on which it is applied and uses conventional techniques to achieve those properties. However it has been found advantageous to incorporate hollow micro-spheres with low thermal conductivity, such as glass, ceramic or polymeric micro-spheres and/or an extender pigment with low thermal conductivity such as calcined clay to further reduce heat flow through the Coating System.

Active metal electrochemical structure, in particular an active metal negative electrode (anode) protected with an ionically conductive protective architecture incorporating a glassy, ceramic or glass-ceramic solid electrolyte material based on lithium hafnium phosphate, and associated electrochemical devices and methods, provides advantages over conventional structures. The protective architecture prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction with the environment on the other (cathode) side of the architecture, which may include aqueous, air or organic liquid electrolytes and/or electrochemically active materials.

The invention discloses aluminosilicate glass for chemical tempering and glass ceramics, and particularly discloses aluminosilicate glass which contains Li2O and P2O5 and can be chemically tempered. The glass of the invention can realize high ion exchange speed by the addition of 0.01-8 wt% of P2O5. The glass of the invention contains 2-6 wt% of Li2O, which can reduce the glass melting temperature and the glass-transition temperature. The glass of the invention has a low glass-transition temperature (Tg) of 480-590 DEG C, and the glass hardness is at least 600 Kg/mm2. After chemical tempering, the glass of the invention has a large surface stress layer depth (DoL) and a high surface crushing stress (CS). After tempering in pure KNO3, a potassium ion stress layer is formed, which has a DoL of at least 20 microns and a CS of at least 600 MPa. After tempering in a mixed salt of KNO3 and NaNO3 or two-step tempering in KNO3 and NaNO3, a potassium and sodium ion stress layers can be formed simultaneously, which have a DoL of at least 50 microns and a CS of at least 600 MPa. In addition, the aluminosilicate glass of the invention can be converted into glass ceramics through further heat treatment.

The invention relates to: a method of preparing glass-ceramics of β-quartz and/or of β-spodumene; a method of preparing articles made from said glass-ceramics; novel glass-ceramics of β-quartz and/or of β-spodumene; articles made from said novel glass-ceramics; and lithium aluminosilicate glasses, which are precursors of such novel glass-ceramics. The present invention relates to the use, as agent for fining the glass-ceramic glass precursor, of fluorine and at least one oxide of a multivalent element.

The invention relates to uses of glasses and glass-ceramics in dental and orthodontic applications.

Liquid-free lithium-air cells are provided which incorporate a solid electrolyte having enhanced ionic transport and catalytic activity. The solid electrolyte is positioned between a lithium anode and an oxygen cathode, and comprises a glass-ceramic and/or a polymer-ceramic electrolyte including a dielectric additive.

A solid composite electrolyte membrane for use in a lithium battery is provided which exhibits a conductivity ranging from about 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹ to about 10⁻³ S cm⁻¹ at ambient temperature. The membrane is formed by providing a glass or glass-ceramic powder formed from a mixture of lithium carbonate, alumina, titanium dioxide, and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate. The powder is mixed with a conditioning agent and at least one solvent, followed by the addition of a binder and one or more plasticizers. The resulting slurry is cast into a tape which is then subjected to a binder burn-off and sintering process to form the membrane. The resulting membrane may be a glass-ceramic composite having a porosity ranging from 0 to 50%, or the membrane may be further infiltrated with a polymer to form a water-impermeable polymeric-ceramic composite membrane.

Lithium disilicate based glass-ceramics contain high strength ceramic components for use in the manufacture of dental products. The glass-ceramics have good pressability, i.e., the ability to be formed into dental products by heat-pressing using commercially available equipment. The strength of the dental articles is increased with the inclusion of the high strength ceramic components.

There are provided glass-ceramics having a high lithium ion conductivity which include in mol %:

and contain Li_1+X(Al, Ga)_XTi_2−X(PO₄)₃ (where 0<X<0.8) as a main crystal phases. There are also provided glass-ceramics having a high lithium ion conductivity which include in mol %:

and contain Li_1+X+YM_XTi_2−XSi_YP_3−YO₁₂ (where 0<X≦0.4 and 0<Y≦0.6) as a main crystal phase. There are also provided solid electrolytes for an electric cell and a gas sensor using alkali ion conductive glass-ceramics, and a solid electric cell and a gas sensor using alkali ion conductive glass-ceramics as a solid electrolyte.

A lamp having a glass/ceramic composite having phosphor embedded therein is disclosed for use with high power light sources. In one embodiment, the phosphor is embedded in a thin film as quantum dots. In one embodiment, a glass shell surrounds the light source and the composite phosphor matrix to protect the lamp from outside environmental conditions.

A coating solution comprising 0.1 to 35% by weight of an inorganic or organic polysilazane having repeating units represented by the general formula below and soluble in a solvent and 0.1 to 10% by weight of catalyst such as 4,4′-trimethylenebis(1-methylpiperidine) based on a pure polysilazane content. By applying the coating solution onto the surface of base materials such as metals, plastics, glass, ceramic, wood, cement, mortar, bricks, etc., a silica coating strongly adhered to the base materials can be formed excellent in corrosion resistance and anti-scratch properties and simultaneously excellent in characteristics such as abrasion resistant, long-lasting anti-fouling properties, wetting properties to water, sealing properties, chemical resistance, oxidation resistance, physical barrier effect, heat resistance, fire resistance and antistatic properties.

Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses are described which can advantageously be applied to zirconium oxide ceramics in particular by pressing-on in the viscous state and form a solid bond with these.

The invention relates to glass, ceramic and metal substrates with at least one self-cleaning surface, comprising a layer with a micro-rough surface structure which is arranged on the substrate and made at least partly hydrophobic. The layer contains a glass flux and structure-forming particles with a mean particle diameter within the 0.1 to 50 μm range; the glass flux and structure-forming particles are present in a volume ratio within the 0.1 to 5 range, and the micro-rough surface structure has a ratio of mean profile height to mean distance between adjacent profile tips within the 0.3 to 10 range.

To produce the subject of the invention the substrate is coated with a composition containing a glass flux and structure-forming particles, and the layer is burnt in and made hydrophobic.

An electrochemical cell has an anode of electrochemically-active material; a cathode of electrochemically-active, porous, liquid-permeable, sintered, ceramic material; and a solid-state, liquid-impermeable electrolyte medium disposed between the anode and the cathode. The electrolyte may be a layer of glass or a layer of glass ceramic, or may be a combination of a layer of glass and a layer of glass ceramic. The cell may further contain a liquid electrolyte diffused throughout the cathode.

The invention relates to a method for recycling iron on line from iron-containing industrial slag and preparing a glass ceramics frit, belonging to the technical field of resource comprehensive utilization and material preparation and mainly comprising a two-step method process of iron-containing industrial slag online rough adjustment and modification for reducing iron and fine adjustment and modification for preparing the frit. The method comprises the steps of: discharging high-temperature iron-containing slag into a high-temperature furnace device, and simultaneously adding a reducing agent and a modifying agent to ensure that slag components are adjusted to reach the optimal component point in which iron oxide is reduced; after fully reacted, separating reduced molten iron from the slag, and recycling to obtain high-temperature molten iron; further adding a modifying agent and an adjusting agent into the slag remained after the separation to ensure that the slag components are adjusted to achieve the quality requirement of slag glass ceramics on the frit; and water-hardening, drying and grading the qualified slag to prepare the glass ceramics frit. The invention realizes multiple purposes that the heat of the slag is directly utilized and metal iron is recycled to prepare a high addition value product as well as solid wastes are massively utilized, and the like.

The present invention relates to glass-ceramic materials, processes for making the same and articles comprising the same. The glass-ceramic material has a composition, by weight of the total composition, comprising 55-68% SiO₂; 18-24% Al₂O₃; 3.3-4.1% Li₂O; 1.5-4.0% ZnO; 1.5-5.0% MgO; 2-5% TiO₂; 0-2% ZrO₂; 0-5% B₂O₃; 0-8% P₂O₅; 0-2% Na₂O, 0-2% K₂O; and at least one component resulting from an effective amount of at least one fining agent; wherein: the total of B₂O₃ and P₂O₅ is at least 1.5% by weight, the total of MgO and ZnO is at least about 3.5% by weight, the total of Na₂O and K₂O is less than about 3.0% by weight, the total of P₂O₅, B₂O₃, Na₂O and K₂O is less than about 11% by weight, the weight ratio of the sum total of Na₂O+K₂O to the sum total of P₂O₅+B₂O₃

is less than about 0.5; advantageously the total of P₂O₅, B₂O₃, Na₂O and K₂O is less than about 9% by weight and the total of Na₂O ad K₂O is less than about 2% by weight; and more advantageously the total of P₂O₅, B₂O₃, Na₂O and K₂O is less than about 7% by weight and the total of Na₂O ad K₂O is less than about 1% by weight. The glass-ceramic material comprises β-spodumene solid solution as the predominant crystalline phase.

Al2O3-Y2O3-ZrO2/HfO2 ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or converted into glass beads, articles (e.g., plates), fibers, particles, and thin coatings. The particles and fibers are useful, for example, as thermal insulation, filler, or reinforcing material in composites (e.g., ceramic, metal, or polymeric matrix composites). The thin coatings can be useful, for example, as protective coatings in applications involving wear, as well as for thermal management. Certain ceramic particles according to the present invention can be are particularly useful as abrasive particles.

The invention discloses high-strength lithium disilicate glass ceramic and a preparation method thereof. The glass ceramic comprises the following chemical components in percentage by weight: 59-80% of SiO2, 10-18% of Li2O, 0.1-14% of MgO, 0-15% of Al2O3, 1-8% of P2O5, 0-5% of Na2O, 0-7% of CaO, 0-9% of K2O, 0.5-8% of stabilizer and 0-10% of colorant, wherein the stabilizer is selected from one or more of ZrO2, SrO, BaO and Y2O3, and the colorant is selected from one or more of Eu2O3, CeO<+>, Tb4O7, La2O3, Ta2O5, MnO2 and Fe2O3. The lithium disilicate glass ceramic is a material which contains a residual glass phase, a Li2Si2O5 principal crystalline phase and a small quantity of Li3PO1, quartz, cristobalite, zirconium oxide or magnesium-aluminum silicate phase and is prepared by controlling nucleation and crystallization processes after carrying out heat treatment on lithium disilicate matrix glass. The lithium disilicate glass ceramic is very high in bending strength and fracture toughness and favorable in translucence and chemical stability and can serve as a full-ceramic dental material applied to the field of dental restoration.

The invention relates glass ceramic articles suitable for use as electronic device housing or enclosures which comprise a glass-ceramic material. Particularly, a glass-ceramic article housing/enclosure comprising a glass-ceramic material exhibiting both radio and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.5 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz, a fracture toughness of greater than 1.5 MPam 1/2 , an equibiaxial flexural strength (ROR strength) of greater than 100 MPa, a Knoop hardness of at least 400 kg/mm2, a thermal conductivity of less than 4 W/m DEG C and a porosity of less than 0.1 %.

A glass ceramics composition for recording disk substrate consists essentially, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, of from 65 to 80 wt % of SiO2, from 3 to 15 wt % of Al2O3, from 3 to 15 wt % of Li2O, from 0.2 to 5 wt % of P2O5, and from 0.1 to 15 wt % of ZrO2, wherein a value of ZrO2/P2O5 is within a range from 1.1 to 8.5, expressed in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis.

A metal-air semi-fuel cell is provided, preferably based on lithium anode and a fuel cell type air/oxygen electrode immersed in an aqueous neutral, alkali or acid solution. The lithium anode is comprised of the active metal and one or more separators protecting the anode from reacting with an aqueous solution. The outermost layer on the lithium electrode is a solid-state lithium-ion conducting glass-ceramic which is impervious to and stable towards aqueous solutions. The cathode is comprised of an air or oxygen fuel cell type electrode in contact with the aqueous solution. The lithium anode of this invention also can be replaced by other electroactive metals which react with water and acids, bases and neutral solutions, such as metals from Groups 1 and 2 of the Periodic Table of Elements in addition to Zn, Mg, and Al.