HIGH FLEXURAL STRENGTH CERAMIC FIBER REINFORCED SILICON CARBOXIDE COMPOSITE

• Main Authors: STRANFORD, GERALD T, LEUNG, ROGER Y, GONCZY, STEPHEN T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.12.2002
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; FISHING; FORESTRY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GLASS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRAPPING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

An improved fiber reinforced glass composite includes a carbon-coated refractory fiber in a matrix of a black glass ceramic having the empirical formula. S3CxOy where x ranges from about 0.5 to about 2.0, preferably 0.9 to 1.6 and y ranges from about 0.5 to 3.0, preferably 0.7 to 1.8. Preferably the black glass ceramic is derived from cyclosiloxane monomers containing a vinyl group attached to silicon and/or a hydride-silicon group. Graceful failure can be obtained after exposure of the composites to temperatures up to 1300.degree.C.