A method of manufacturing a diamond substrate includes: a step of placing a laser condensing unit 190 configured to condense laser light B so as to face an upper surface 10a of a block 10 of single crystal diamond, a step of forming a modified layer 20, which includes a processing mark 21 of graphite and a crack 22b extending along a surface (111) around the processing mark 21, in a partial region of the upper surface 10a of the block 10 along the surface (111) of the single crystal diamond, along the surface (111) of the single crystal diamond at a predetermined depth from the upper surface 10a of the block 10 by radiating the laser light B on the upper surface 10a of the block 10 from the laser condensing unit 190 under predetermined conditions and condensing the laser light B inside the block 10, and moving the laser condensing unit 190 and the block 10 in a relative manner two-dimensionally, and a step of forming a cleavage plane 25 at the predetermined depth of the remaining region of the upper surface 10a of the block 10 by spontaneously propagating cleavage from the modified layer 20.

An article for high temperature service is presented herein. One embodiment is an article including a substrate having a silicon-bearing ceramic matrix composite; and a layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the layer includes silicon and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum. In another embodiment, the article includes a ceramic matrix composite substrate, wherein the composite includes a silicon-bearing ceramic and a dopant, the dopant including aluminum; a bond coat disposed over the substrate, where the bond coat includes elemental silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, or combinations including any of the aforementioned; and a coating disposed over the bond coat, the coating including a silicate (such as an aluminosilicate or rare earth silicate), yttria-stabilized zirconia, or a combination including any of the aforementioned.

An article includes a ceramic-based substrate and a barrier layer on the ceramic-based substrate. The barrier layer includes a matrix phase and a network of gettering particles in the matrix phase. The gettering particles have an average maximum dimension between about 30 and 70 microns. The gettering particles have maximum dimensions that range from about 1 to 100 microns, and a dispersion of barium-magnesium alumino-silicate particles in the matrix phase. A composite material and a method of applying a barrier layer to a substrate are also disclosed.

A mould for manufacturing a packing member from a liquid ceramic composition. The mould including a first part and a second part, in which the first and/or second mould parts are resiliently deformable and the first part and/or the second part include a plurality of open mould cavities. The first and second parts are operable to engage to form closed mould cavities, and the mould is operable to be moved from an open position in which the first and second parts are partially spaced by the deformation of a mould part and in which position mould cavities are open, to a partially closed position by reducing the deformation of the mould part and in which position some of the mould cavities are closed, and then to a closed position by further reducing the deformation of the mould part and in which position the first and second parts are engaged such that the mould cavities are closed.

A UV-cured cross-linked liquid resin reinforced with ceramic inorganic nano-particles and ceramic inorganic abrasion-resistant powder, comprised of 30%-45% by weight resin, wherein the resin is at least one of 2-propenoic acid, homopolymer, isophthalic acid, 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene, saturated polyester resin, and maleic anhydride; 10%-20% by weight industrial ceramic inorganic nano-materials; 30%-45% by weight industrial ceramic inorganic abrasion-resistant powder; and styrene, wherein the styrene is less than 25% by weight of the UV-cured cross-linked liquid resin reinforced with ceramic inorganic nano-particles and ceramic inorganic abrasion-resistant powder.

A pillar shaped honeycomb structure for induction heating, the honeycomb structure being made of ceramics and including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path, wherein a composite material containing a conductor and a non-conductor is provided in the cells in a region of 50% or less of the total length of the honeycomb structure from one end face, and wherein the conductor is a conductor that generates heat in response to a change in a magnetic field.

Proposed are a part having a corrosion-resistant layer that minimizes peeling off and particle generation of a porous ceramic layer, a manufacturing process apparatus having the same, and a method of manufacturing the part.

An alumina-ceramic-based electrical insulator, to a method for producing the insulator, and to a vacuum tube includes the insulator. The electrical insulator is for insulating two electrodes of a vacuum tube through which a charged particle beam flows, the electrical insulator being formed of an alumina-based ceramic. The ceramic comprises a vitreous phase of between 2% and 8% by weight into which at least one metal oxide is diffused from a face of the electrical insulator.

Articles may be protected against halide plasma, by applying a rare earth-containing glaze to the surface of the article. The glaze may be a coating comprising; 20 to 90 mol % SiO.sub.2, 0 to 60 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 10 to 80 mol % rare earth oxides and/or rare earth fluorides (REX), wherein SiO.sub.2+Al.sub.2O.sub.3+REX≥60 mol %.

A soundproofing material including a porous body having a cell structure and including inorganic fibers other than asbestos, wherein an average cell diameter is more than 300 μm and 1000 μm or less, a bulk density is 0.007 to 0.024 g/cm.sup.3, and a flow resistivity is 170,000 to 2,000,000 Ns/m.sup.4.