A plate-shaped heat dissipation member includes a metal-silicon carbide composite containing aluminum or magnesium, in which at least one of two main surfaces of the heat dissipation member is curved to be convex in an outward direction of the heat dissipation member, and when a flatness of the one main surface defined by JIS B 0621 is represented by f.sub.1 and a flatness of the other main surface different from the one main surface defined by JIS B 0621 is represented by f.sub.2, f.sub.2 is less than f.sub.1 by 10 μm or more.

This disclosure provides a method of pressure sintering an environmental barrier coating on a surface of a ceramic substrate to form an article. The method includes the steps of etching the surface of the ceramic substrate to texture the surface, disposing an environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate wherein the environmental barrier coating includes a rare earth silicate, and pressure sintering the environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate in an inert or nitrogen atmosphere at a pressure of greater than atmospheric pressure such that at least a portion of the environmental barrier coating is disposed in the texture of the surface of the ceramic substrate thereby forming the article.

This disclosure provides a method of pressure sintering an environmental barrier coating on a surface of a ceramic substrate to form an article. The method includes the steps of etching the surface of the ceramic substrate to texture the surface, disposing an environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate wherein the environmental barrier coating includes a rare earth silicate, and pressure sintering the environmental barrier coating on the etched surface of the ceramic substrate in an inert or nitrogen atmosphere at a pressure of greater than atmospheric pressure such that at least a portion of the environmental barrier coating is disposed in the texture of the surface of the ceramic substrate thereby forming the article.

An exterior sheathing cementitious panel which prevents water penetration and air leakage is provided. Methods for manufacturing exterior sheathing cementitious panels with a highly efficient integrated air/water barrier membrane are provided as well.

A composite material can include: a substrate of a first reaction-bonded silicon carbide (first RB-SiC) material; and a reaction-bonded diamond-retaining silicon carbide (RB-DSiC) layer bonded to a surface of the substrate. In some aspects, the RB-DSiC layer includes diamond particles bonded with a second reaction-bonded silicon carbide (second RB-SiC) material. The diamond particles may be homogeneously distributed through the second RB-SiC or only at the surface thereof. The diamond particles can be in an ordered pattern or un-ordered pattern. For example, a CMP conditioning disc can include the composite material of one of the embodiments.

A composite material can include: a substrate of a first reaction-bonded silicon carbide (first RB-SiC) material; and a reaction-bonded diamond-retaining silicon carbide (RB-DSiC) layer bonded to a surface of the substrate. In some aspects, the RB-DSiC layer includes diamond particles bonded with a second reaction-bonded silicon carbide (second RB-SiC) material. The diamond particles may be homogeneously distributed through the second RB-SiC or only at the surface thereof. The diamond particles can be in an ordered pattern or un-ordered pattern. For example, a CMP conditioning disc can include the composite material of one of the embodiments.

A process for manufacturing an abradable layer, includes compressing a powder composition including at least micrometric ceramic particles having a number-average form factor greater than or equal to 3, a mass content of said micrometric ceramic particles in the powder composition being greater than or equal to 85%, the form factor of a particle being defined as the ratio [largest dimension of the particle]/[largest cross-sectional dimension of the particle], and sintering the powder composition thus compressed to obtain the abradable layer, wherein a temperature imposed during sintering, the sintering time and the compression pressure applied are selected so as to obtain a volume porosity rate of the abradable layer greater than or equal to 20%.

A process for manufacturing an abradable layer, includes compressing a powder composition including at least micrometric ceramic particles having a number-average form factor greater than or equal to 3, a mass content of said micrometric ceramic particles in the powder composition being greater than or equal to 85%, the form factor of a particle being defined as the ratio [largest dimension of the particle]/[largest cross-sectional dimension of the particle], and sintering the powder composition thus compressed to obtain the abradable layer, wherein a temperature imposed during sintering, the sintering time and the compression pressure applied are selected so as to obtain a volume porosity rate of the abradable layer greater than or equal to 20%.

The disclosure describes braze tape coatings and technique to form articles with differing physical properties in different layers or regions of the article. An example method includes forming a braze tape defining at least one layer that includes a first segment and a second segment. A portion of the second segment in the plane is adjacent to a portion of the first segment in a plane of the layer. The method also includes positioning the braze tape on a surface of a substrate, the plane of the layer of the braze tape being parallel to the surface of the substrate. The method also includes heating the braze tape to melt a constituent of at least one of the first coating material and the second coating material to form a densified coating on the surface of the substrate.

A method of forming a doped substrate comprises heating a substrate comprising a layer of a dopant on at least one surface to a predetermined temperature; applying a predetermined degree of isostatic external pressure on the surface of said substrate at said predetermined temperature for a time sufficient to induce thermal migration of the dopant into the substrate to provide a doped substrate; and removing the isostatic pressure and cooling the doped substrate to about room temperature. The substrate is a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material, and the substrate may be optically transparent. The dopant comprises one or more transition metals, one or more rare earth elements, or a combination of both. The layer of a dopant comprises one or more segregated layers of distinct chemical species. The isostatic pressure and elevated temperature may be applied simultaneously or sequentially.