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US 4,301,020 AGranted
Process of slurrying and spray drying ceramic oxides with polyethyleneimine dispersants
AssigneeBell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
InventorsDavid W. Johnson, Jr., Eva M. Vogel
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Abstract
Many ceramics are produced with a processing sequence that includes spray drying or ball milling a slurry. To produce ceramics with the best properties and to facilitate ball milling or spray drying, a dispersant is normally added to the ceramic slurry. Ammonium citrate and polyethylenimine have been found to produce ceramic slurries with the desired characteristics. The dispersants appear especially well suited for use with ferrite slurries.
Claims6
A method of processing ceramics which comprises forming a slurry consisting of ceramic material and a dispersant;
- said ceramic material forming between 65 percent and 80 percent, by weight, of said material and being a mixture of metal oxides, and spray drying said slurry;
- characterized in that said dispersant consists essentially of at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyethylenimine and mixtures of polyethylenimine and ammonium citrate.
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