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AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsDaniel Edward McCauley, Maxime Moreno, Conor James Walsh, Stephanie Stoughton Wu
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According to embodiments, a batch mixture includes inorganic components, a non-polar carbon chain lubricant, and an organic surfactant having a polar head. The non-polar carbon chain lubricant and the organic surfactant are present in concentrations satisfying the relationship: B(C1(d+d0)+C2(f+f0))=SC, where: d0+d is an amount of non-polar carbon chain lubricant in percent by weight of the inorganic components, by super addition; f0+f is an amount of organic surfactant in percent by weight of the inorganic components, by super addition; B is a scaling factor; C1 is a scaling factor of the concentration of the non-polar carbon chain lubricant; and C2 is a scaling factor of the concentration of the organic surfactant. Embodiments provide that 3.6≤SC≤14.
A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure comprising extruding a batch mixture through an extrusion die at one or more batch velocities and at one or more batch temperatures, the batch mixture being comprised of one or more inorganic components comprising one or more ceramic or ceramic-forming ingredients, a non-polar carbon chain lubricant, and an organic surfactant, wherein the amount of the non-polar carbon chain lubricant and the organic surfactant in the batch mixture is synergistically adjusted.
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