Method of forming mullite bodies
US7425297B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B2235/96
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of forming a porous mullite composition of acicular mullite grains having improved properties is described, where the mullite is formed at some time in the presence of a fluorine containing gas. For example, it has been discovered that improved properties may result from heating the mullite to a high temperature in an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of water vapor, oxygen, an inert gas or mixtures thereof or forming the mullite composition from precursors having an AL/Si ratio of at most 2.95.
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