Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermally conductive filler material which can be used at high fill levels to achieve sufficient thermal conductivity without increasing viscosity. SOLUTION: There is provided a spherical boron nitride powder including the spherical agglomerates of boron nitride platelets preferably having an average agglomerate size of from 10 to 500 microns. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide densified silicon nitride.SOLUTION: The densified silicon nitride body can be formed using a lanthana-based sintering aid (lanthanum, neodymium) and an aluminum compound-based sintering aid. A composition by mixing the silicon nitride with the sintering aid can be densified by sintering and hot isostatic pressing at the sintering temperature of 1,750°C.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide thermally conductive filler materials which can be used at high fill levels to achieve sufficient thermal conductivity without increasing viscosity. SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a method of producing a spherical boron nitride powder and a method of producing a hexagonal boron nitride paste using a hexagonal boron nitride slurry. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a hexagonal boron nitride paste including about 60-about 80 wt.% solid hexagonal boron nitride. Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a spherical boron nitride powder, a polymer blend including a polymer and the spherical boron nitride powder, and a system including such a polymer blend. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
In a method of preparing a boron carbide material, boron carbide powder is washed with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate washed boron carbide powder. The washed boron carbide powder is combined with a sintering aid. The mixture of the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid is pressed to form a shaped material, and the shaped material is sintered. A sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.6 wt% of oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component. The sintered boron carbide material has a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density. Another sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.3 wt% oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component, and has a density of at least about 97% of the theoretical density.
Abstract:
In a method of preparing a boron carbide material, boron carbide powder is washed with essentially pure water at an elevated temperature to generate washed boron carbide powder. The washed boron carbide powder is combined with a sintering aid. The mixture of the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid is pressed to form a shaped material, and the shaped material is sintered. A sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.6 wt% of oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component. The sintered boron carbide material has a density of at least about 99% of the theoretical density. Another sintered boron carbide material comprises a boron carbide component that includes boron carbide, silicon carbide, elemental carbon, and not more than about 0.3 wt% oxygen on the basis of the total weight of the boron carbide component, and has a density of at least about 97% of the theoretical density.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for making a hexagonal boron nitride slurry and the resulting slurry. The method involves mixing from about 0.5 wt.% to about 5wt.% surfactant with about 30 wt.% hexagonal boron nitride powder in a medium under conditions effective to produce a hexagonal boron nitride slurry. The present invention also relates to a method for making a spherical boron nitride powder and a method for making a hexagonal boron nitride paste using a hexagonal boron nitride slurry. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a hexagonal boron nitride paste including from about 60 wt.% to about 80 wt.% solid hexagonal boron nitride. Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a spherical boron nitride powder, a polymer blend including a polymer and the spherical hexagonal boron nitride powder, and a system including such a polymer blend.
Abstract:
The present application is directed to ceramic compositions and, more specifically, to a silicon carbide composition and method of making it through liquid phase sintering. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an unsintered ceramic body including at least one liquid phase sintering aid. The unsintered ceramic body further includes a boron containing compound, a free carbon containing compound, and silicon carbide. In another embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method of making a sintered ceramic body. The method includes combining at least one liquid phase sintering aid, a boron containing compound, a free carbon containing compound, and silicon carbide to form a green ceramic, shaping the green ceramic into a ceramic body, and sintering the ceramic body.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for making a hexagonal boron nitri de slurry and the resulting slurry. The method involves mixing from about 0.5 wt.% to about 5wt.% surfactant with about 30 wt.% hexagonal boron nitride powder in a medium under conditions effective to produce a hexagonal boron nitride slurry. The present invention also relates to a method for making a spherical boron nitride powder and a method for making a hexagonal boron nitride paste using a hexagonal boron nitride slurry. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a hexagonal boron nitride paste including from about 60 wt.% to about 80 wt.% solid hexagonal boron nitride. Yet another aspect of the present invention relates to a spherical boron nitride powder, a polymer blend including a polymer and the spherical hexagonal boron nitride powder, and a system including such a polymer blend.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a hexagonal boron nitride slurry comprising about 0.5 wt.% to about 5 wt.% surfactant and about 30 wt.% to about 50 wt.% hexagonal boron nitride powder in a medium, and to a method for making the hexagonal boron nitride slurry. Further subject matter of the invention is a method for making spherical boron nitride using the hexagonal boron nitride slurry of the invention, and a method for masking a agonal boron nitride paste using the hexagonal boron nitride slurry of the invention, as well as the hexagonal boron nitride paste obtainable by the method.