Method of making ceramic composite bodies

US5221558A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Lanxide Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Birol Sonuparlak · Newark, US
• Kenneth S. Hatton · Wegberg, DE
• Dennis J. Landini · Eckernförde, DE
• Sylvia J. Canino · Newark, US
• Michael K. Aghajanian · Bel Air, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 1991
• Grant date: Jun 22, 1993
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C04B41/0018
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for producing self-supporting ceramic and ceramic composite bodies having a protective surface region on at least a portion of the surface of the formed bodies, and bodies produced thereby.