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US 9,238,594 B2Granted
Templated growth of porous or non-porous castings
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsPrantik Mazumder, Frederick Ernest Noll, John Forrest Wright, Jr.
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Abstract
A method of forming a templated casting involves incorporating a liquid feedstock into the channels of a honeycomb substrate to form a feedstock-laden substrate, and directionally solidifying the liquid feedstock within the channels.
Claims3
A templated casting comprising:
- a honeycomb substrate having a plurality of channels;
- and
- a directionally-ordered cast structure formed within the channels,
- wherein the cast structure comprises one or more pores aligned in a direction substantially parallel to the channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.