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Title: Ceramics containing dispersants for improved fracture toughness

Abstract

The invention is a ceramic composition containing a new class of dispersant for hindering crack propagation by means of one or more energy-dissipative mechanisms. The composition is composed of a ceramic matrix with dispersed particles of a transformation-prone rare-earth niobate, tantalate or mixtures of these with each other and/or with a rare-earth vanadate. The dispersants, having a generic composition tRMO4, where R is a rare-earth element, B is Nb or Ta and O is oxygen, are mixed in powder form with a powder of the matrix ceramic and sintered to produce a ceramic form or body. The crack-hindering mechanisms operates to provide improved performance over a wide range of temperature and operating conditions.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1176570
Patent Number(s):
H000302
Application Number:
06/750122
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1985 Jul 01
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; statutory invention registration

Citation Formats

Nevitt, Michael V., Aldred, Anthony T., and Chan, Sai-Kit. Ceramics containing dispersants for improved fracture toughness. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Nevitt, Michael V., Aldred, Anthony T., & Chan, Sai-Kit. Ceramics containing dispersants for improved fracture toughness. United States.
Nevitt, Michael V., Aldred, Anthony T., and Chan, Sai-Kit. Tue . "Ceramics containing dispersants for improved fracture toughness". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176570.
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abstractNote = {The invention is a ceramic composition containing a new class of dispersant for hindering crack propagation by means of one or more energy-dissipative mechanisms. The composition is composed of a ceramic matrix with dispersed particles of a transformation-prone rare-earth niobate, tantalate or mixtures of these with each other and/or with a rare-earth vanadate. The dispersants, having a generic composition tRMO4, where R is a rare-earth element, B is Nb or Ta and O is oxygen, are mixed in powder form with a powder of the matrix ceramic and sintered to produce a ceramic form or body. The crack-hindering mechanisms operates to provide improved performance over a wide range of temperature and operating conditions.},
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