A composite ceramic powder of the present invention includes: a LAS-based ceramic powder having precipitated therein -eucryptite or a -quartz solid solution as a main crystal; and TiO.sub.2 powder and/or ZrO.sub.2 powder.

A construction product described herein includes a fiber core that includes a plurality of entangled glass fibers. The fiber core also includes a binder that bonds the plurality of entangled glass fibers together and an Aerogel material that is homogenously or uniformly disposed within the fiber core. In some instances, the fiber core includes between 40 and 80 weight percent of the Aerogel material. The construction product has an R-value of at least 6.5 per inch, a flame spread index of no greater than 5, and a smoke development index of no greater than 20 as measured according to the ASTM E-84 tunnel test.

Disclosed is a method of coating a high temperature fiber including depositing a base material on the high temperature fiber using atomic layer deposition, depositing an intermediate material precursor on the base material using molecular layer deposition, depositing a top material on the intermediate material precursor or the intermediate layer using atomic layer deposition, and heat treating the intermediate precursor. The intermediate material in the final coating includes a structural defect, has lower density than the top material or a combination thereof. Also disclosed are the coated high temperature fiber and a composite including the high temperature fiber.

The present invention relates to a laminate for preparing a wavelength converting member and a process for preparing a wavelength converting member. More particularly, the present invention relates to a laminate for preparing a wavelength converting member, which can be calcined at a temperature of 800 C. or lower, preferably 700 C. or lower and has a high light transmittance, a high refractive index, and a good shape upon the calcination, whereby it can be advantageously used for LEDs, and a process for efficiently preparing the wavelength converting member using a confining layer comprised of specific components.

An optical nanocomposite containing optically active crystals and suitable to be drawn into fiber form, dissolved into solution and subsequently deposited as a thin film, or used as a bulk optical component. This invention integrates compositional tailoring to enable matching of optical properties (index, dispersion, do/dT), specialized dispersion methods to ensure homogeneous physical dispersion of NCs within the glass matrix during preparation, while minimizing agglomeration and mismatch of coefficient of thermal expansion. By tailoring the base glass composition's viscosity versus temperature profile, the resulting bulk nanocomposite can be further formed to create an optical fiber, while maintaining physical dispersion of NCs, avoiding segregation of the NCs.

A mixed powder for a low temperature cofired ceramic material that contains 65 to 80 parts by weight of SiO.sub.2, 5 to 25 parts by weight of BaO, 1 to 10 parts by weight of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of MnO, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of B.sub.2O.sub.3, and 0.1 to less than 3 parts by weight of Li.sub.2O. The ceramic sintered body is used for, for example, ceramic electronic components, e.g., a multilayer circuit board or a coupler.

A composite plate is mainly made from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 35% to 45% of calcium carbonate, 45% to 55% of cullet, 5% to 15% of unsaturated polyester resin, 0.1% to 1% of a curing agent, 0.1% to 1% of an auxiliary agent, wherein a ratio of an amount of the calcium carbonate to an amount of the cullet is 0.75%. The invention employs cullet, calcium carbonate, and resin as the main raw materials to prepare an artificial stone plate; no natural quartz is used, and hence the raw material cost is low. A reasonable ratio of cullet to calcium carbonate reduces the use of resin, which further reduces the raw material cost. Through a reasonable combination of different raw materials, the composite plate of the invention has physical and chemical properties and decorative abilities that are similar to those of traditional artificial quartz stone.

An abrasive article including a first abrasive body coupled to a substrate, the first abrasive body having abrasive particles including a superabrasive and a bond material including a vitreous material and a second abrasive body coupled to the substrate, the second abrasive body having abrasive particles including a superabrasive and a bond material including at least one non-vitreous phase material, and as wear rate differential between the first abrasive body and second abrasive body of at least 0.08 cc.

An article includes SiO.sub.2 from about 40 mol % to about 80 mol %, Al.sub.2O.sub.3 from about 1 mol % to about 20 mol %, B.sub.2O.sub.3 from about 3 mol % to about 50 mol %, WO.sub.3 plus MoO.sub.3 from about 1 mol % to about 18 mol % and at least one of: (i) Au from about 0.001 mol % to about 0.5 mol %, (ii) Ag from about 0.025 mol % to about 1.5 mol %, and (iii) Cu from about 0.03 mol % to about 1 mol %, and R.sub.2O from about 0 mol % to about 15 mol %. The R.sub.2O is one or more of Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O, K.sub.2O, Rb.sub.2O and Cs.sub.2O. R.sub.2O minus Al.sub.2O.sub.3 ranges from about 12 mol % to about 3.8 mol %.

The present disclosure relates to a glass having a refractive index of at least 1.7 as well as the use of the glass as a cladding glass of a solid-state laser. The disclosure also relates to a laser component comprising a core of doped sapphire and a cladding glass being placed on said core. The cladding glass is arranged on said core such that light exiting from the core due to parasitic laser activity can enter the cladding glass and can be absorbed there. Thus, a laser component with improved efficiency is obtained. The present disclosure also relates to a method for producing the laser component.