HIGH STRENGTH CERAMICS WITH NOVEL FRACTURE MODE

• Main Authors: Sadowski, Bryan, Bayya, Shyam S, Sanghera, Jasbinder S, Villalobos, Guillermo R, Kim, Woohong, Hunt, Michael, Aggarwal, Ishwar D, Rock, Benjamin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.2022
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; LIME, MAGNESIA; METALLURGY; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

The present invention provides a method for making a high strength, small grain size ceramic having a transgranular fracture mode by rapid densification of a green body and subsequent cooling of the densified ceramic. The ceramic may include dislocations, defects, dopants, and/or secondary phases th...