Methods for making self-supporting composite bodies and articles produced thereby
US5242710A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 6, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S427/103
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates generally to a novel directed metal oxidation process which is utilized to produce self-supporting bodies. In some of the more specific aspects of the invention, a parent metal vapor is induced to react with a solid oxidant to result in the directed growth of a reaction product which is formed from a reaction between the parent metal vapor and the solid oxidant. The inventive process can be utilized to form bodies having substantially homogeneous compositions, graded compositions, and macrocomposite bodies.
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