An insulating product for the refractory industry or an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product, and a corresponding insulating material/insulating product are provided. Likewise the use of a matrix encapsulation process in the production of an insulating product for the refractory industry and a corresponding insulating product and/or an insulating material as intermediate for production of such a product are provided.

The present invention relates to a ceramic paste composition comprising a matrix and water, wherein the matrix comprises, based on the total weight of the matrix: about 98 wt % to about 100 wt % of minerals of which at least 30 wt % are phyllosilicates and less than about 2 wt % organic additive; and wherein water is present from about 18 wt % to about 28 wt % based on the total weight of the ceramic paste composition. The present invention also relates to a method of forming a 3D structure using the ceramic paste composition of the invention.

A radon-free ceramic panel includes a mixture including two or more types of stone dust selected from among granite, basalt, limestone, dolomite, elvan, black stone, feldspar, and sandstone, along with waste slag and a non-phenolic adhesive. The ceramic panel is lightweight and has excellent fire resistance, heat insulation, corrosion resistance, water resistance, and ability to act as a bather to radon gas.

The present disclosure discloses a nanoporous ceramic for an atomization core, and a preparation method thereof. The nanoporous ceramic includes: nano-silica 1 to 60 parts, a ceramic powder 10 to 80 parts, a pore-forming agent 1 to 50 parts, and a sintering additive 1 to 40 parts. The preparation method includes: (1) weighing raw materials, and mixing and ball-milling the raw materials in a ball mill; (2) bake-drying the ball-milled raw materials to obtain a dried mixed powder; (3) adding the dried mixed powder to molten paraffin under stirring, and continuously stirring a resulting mixture to obtain a paraffin slurry; (4) injecting the paraffin slurry into a mold, cooling the mold for forming, and performing demolding to obtain a paraffin mold; (5) preheating the paraffin mold for paraffin removal to obtain a paraffin-removed sample; and (6) sintering and cooling the paraffin-removed sample to obtain the nanoporous ceramic.

A porous refractory article including greater than 90 wt % coal combustion fly ash. The coal combustion fly ash is in the form of an interconnected particulate lattice structure, and wherein greater than 50% by volume of the coal combustion fly ash particles within the particulate lattice structure have a particle size of greater than 150 μm. The article has: (a) an apparent porosity of from 30% to 50%, (b) a porosity such that the maximum pore size is less than 500 μm; (c) a cold crushing strength of at least 4.0 MPa; and (d) a thermal conductivity of less than 1.5 W/(m.Math.K).

A blank material for a ceramic tile consists of the following components in percentage by weight: nepheline powder: 10%-15%; clay with a carbon content of ≥3.0 wt %: 10%-15%; clay with a carbon content of ≤0.5 wt %: 15%-22%; clay with a carbon content between 0.5 wt % and 3.0 wt %: 10%-15%; recycled waste blank: 5%-10%; sodium potassium powder: 5%-10%; sodium feldspar powder: 12%-20%; desulfurization residue: 0%-7%; waste from edging and polishing: 15%-26%; waste porcelain powder: 5%-10%; liquid gel remover: 0.3%-1.0%; liquid reinforcing agent: 0.2%-0.8%. Its preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing raw materials for a blank body and ball milling, powder spray granulation, aging, pressing and molding of the blank body, drying, polishing the blank body, spraying water, glazing, applying a decorative pattern, firing.

A method for preparing dispersant using lignin degradation products includes preparation of lignin degradation products: degrading lignin which are used as raw materials using alkali through microwave-assisted activation at the presence of a metal oxide catalyst to obtain the lignin degradation products; and preparation of dispersant: preparing dispersant by molecularly reforming and chemically modifying the lignin degradation products obtained in the step of preparation of lignin degradation products.

A marking system includes a composition having at least one color precursor, a moldable substrate having a color developer, and a marking instrument for applying the composition to the moldable substrate to form at least one mark on the moldable substrate. A method of producing a colored three-dimensional molded object includes the steps of manipulating a moldable substrate having a color developer into a molded shape having an outer surface; and applying, on the outer surface of the molded shape, a first composition having at least one color precursor to a first portion of the molded shape.

A water-based paint includes a fine powder composition which includes fine powdery clay minerals comprising pyrophyllite and sepiolite, a fine powdery thixotropy support agent containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and comprising first and second agents having 2 percent by weight aqueous solution viscosities at 20° C. of 2400 mPa.Math.S to 4500 mPa.Math.S and 64000 mPa.Math.S to 90000 mPa.Math.S, respectively, and a fine powdery inorganic porous material comprising diatomaceous earth and zeolite. A thixotropic index when the fine powder composition is dispersed and dissolved in water is 3.0 to 4.0. The thixotropy support agent includes 67 to 91 percent by weight of the first agent and 9 to 33 percent by weight of the second agent.

To provide a dental porcelain paste which can maintain maintaining the paste state and have excellent application property for a long period of time and hardly causes carbonization or bubbles due to the influence of an organic component or a polymer component during firing. The present invention provides a dental porcelain paste for preparing a dental prosthesis device, comprising: 50.0 to 80.0 wt. % of a glass powder (a) having a maximum particle diameter of 100 μm or less and an average particle diameter of 1 to 20 μm, 0.5 to 10.0 wt. % of a hydrophobized fine particle silica (b) having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 50 nm, and 10.0 to 49.5 wt. % of an organic solvent (c) having a boiling point it is within (bp) of 100 to 300° C.