Bonding element, bonding matrix and composite material having the bonding element, and method of manufacturing thereof
AssigneeRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
InventorsRichard E. Riman, Surojit Gupta, Vahit Atakan, Qinghua Li
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Abstract
A bonding element, a bonding element matrix and composite materials with a wide range of attractive properties that may be optimized, including, but not limited to, mechanical properties, thermal properties, magnetic properties, optical properties and nuclear properties, as a result of a first layer and second layer structure or core, first layer, and second layer structure of the bonding elements, as well as methods for making the bonding elements and the corresponding ceramic and/or composite materials.
Claims74
A bonding matrix comprising a plurality of bonding elements, each bonding element comprising:
- a core, wherein the core has a first chemical composition that includes one or more chemical elements;
- a silica-rich first layer at least partially covering a peripheral portion of the core;
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- a calcium carbonate and/or magnesium carbonate-rich second layer at least partially covering a peripheral portion of the first layer,
- wherein the bonding matrix is prepared from a porous solid body, the porous solid body comprises a plurality of precursor particles, the precursor particles have a mean particle size of less than 70 μm, and the precursor particles are transformed into the bonding elements,
- wherein the core comprises at least one synthetic formulation having chemical elements M, Me, and O (oxygen) and/or OH group, M is an alkaline earth metal selected from calcium or magnesium, and Me comprises silicon.
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