Self-toughened high-strengh proppant and methods of making same

Methods are described to make strong, tough, and lightweight whisker-reinforced glass-ceramic composites through a self-toughening structure generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides. The present invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic c...

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Main Authors COKER, CHRISTOPHER E, XIE, YUMING, CHATTERJEE, DILIP K, FANG, CHRISTOPHER Y
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.11.2014
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Summary:Methods are described to make strong, tough, and lightweight whisker-reinforced glass-ceramic composites through a self-toughening structure generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides. The present invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20110209837