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US 8,282,878 B2Granted
Sintering aids
AssigneeHuntsman Petrochemical Corporation
InventorsAlan P. Croft, David C. Lewis
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein include a sintering aid composition that has a material useful for sintering, an amine, and optionally a carboxylic acid.
Claims5
A method for sintering a ceramic article comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an inorganic powder and a sintering aid composition, wherein the sintering aid composition comprises at least one material useful for sintering, at least one amine, and neodecanoic acid;
- b. contacting the inorganic powder and the sintering aid composition to form a green body;
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- c. firing the green body.
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A method for pressure casting a ceramic article comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an inorganic powder and a sintering aid composition, wherein the sintering aid composition comprises at least one material useful for sintering, at least one amine, and neodecanoic acid;
- b. contacting the inorganic powder and the sintering aid composition to form a green body;
- c. casting the green body under pressure;
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- d. firing the green body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.