Stone-glass macrocomposites and compositions and methods of making
AssigneeUpterior, LLC
InventorsAgnieszka Zielinska, Anna Zielinska, Marian Klisch
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Abstract
A method of forming a macrocomposite including dispersing or immersing a first material in a second material. The first material includes a stone and the second material a glass; or the first material may be glass and the second material stone. The macrcocomposite may further include metal. Preferably, the macrocomposite does not include an organic resin, an adhesive, or a polymer.
Claims24
A method of forming a macrocomposite, the method comprising:
- dispersing or immersing a stone in a glass, wherein the stone has a volume of greater than 0.1 mm3;
- wherein the macrocomposite does not comprise an organic resin, an adhesive, or a polymer;
- wherein the stone comprises an igneous rock, a sedimentary rock, a metamorphic rock, petrified wood, a fossil, or a meteorite, or a combination thereof;
- and
- wherein the glass comprises a phosphate glass.
A method of forming a macrocomposite, the method comprising:
- dispersing or immersing a stone in a glass, wherein the stone has a volume of greater than 0.1 mm3;
- wherein the macrocomposite does not comprise an organic resin, an adhesive, or a polymer;
- and
- wherein the stone comprises sandstone, and the glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a range of 85×10−7 K−1 to 135×10−7K−1;
- wherein the stone comprises basalt, and the glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a range of 30×10−7 K−1 to 75×10−7K−1;
- wherein the stone comprises petrified wood, and the glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a range of 85×10−7 K−1 to 135×10−7K−1;
- wherein the stone comprises a trilobite, and the glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a range of 85×10−7 K−1 to 135×10−7K−1;
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- wherein the stone comprises quartzite, and the glass has a thermal expansion coefficient in a range of 90×10−7 K−1 to 140×10−7K−1.
A method of forming a macrocomposite, the method comprising:
- dispersing or immersing a glass in a stone, wherein the glass has a volume of greater than 0.1 mm3;
- wherein the macrocomposite does not comprise an organic resin, an adhesive, or a polymer;
- wherein the method further comprises annealing the glass after the glass is dispersed or immersed in the stone;
- wherein the stone comprises an igneous rock, a sedimentary rock, a metamorphic rock, petrified wood, a fossil, or a meteorite, or a combination thereof;
- and
- wherein the glass comprises a phosphate glass.
A composition comprising a stone and a glass,
- wherein the glass comprises a phosphate glass;
- wherein the stone is dispersed or immersed in the glass;
- and
- wherein the stone has a volume of greater than 100 mm3.
A macrocomposite prepared by a method, the method comprising:
- dispersing or immersing a stone in a glass, wherein the stone has a volume of greater than 100 mm3;
- annealing the glass after the stone is dispersed or immersed in the glass;
- wherein the macrocomposite does not comprise an organic resin, an adhesive, or a polymer;
- wherein the stone comprises an igneous rock, a sedimentary rock, a metamorphic rock, petrified wood, a fossil, or a meteorite, or a combination thereof;
- and
- wherein the glass comprises a phosphate glass.
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