Patent · US Expired

Ceramic foam filter

US4975191A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
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3Claims
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Filing dateJun 26, 1989
Grant dateDec 4, 1990
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P10/20
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved ceramic foam filter for use in filtering molten metal prepared from a ceramic slurry containing silicon carbide and a colloidal silica binder. The filter has a solids content of at least 50% silicon carbide and at least 3% of silica.

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