Methods of forming composite materials, composite materials, and articles. The composite materials may include electromagnetic shielding materials. The methods may include providing a mixture of ultra-high temperature ceramic particles and a liquid preceramic precursor, curing the mixture to form a solid mixture, forming particles of the solid mixture, and pressing the particles into a mold.

Methods of forming composite materials, composite materials, and articles. The composite materials may include electromagnetic shielding materials. The methods may include providing a mixture of ultra-high temperature ceramic particles and a liquid preceramic precursor, curing the mixture to form a solid mixture, forming particles of the solid mixture, and pressing the particles into a mold.

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and resins for additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method for additive manufacturing of a ceramic structure includes providing a resin including a preceramic polymer and inorganic ceramic filler particles dispersed in the preceramic polymer. The preceramic polymer is configured to convert to a ceramic phase. The method includes functionalizing inorganic ceramic filler particles with a reactive group and applying an energy source to the resin to create at least one layer of the ceramic phase from the resin.

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and resins for additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method for additive manufacturing of a ceramic structure includes providing a resin including a preceramic polymer and inorganic ceramic filler particles dispersed in the preceramic polymer. The preceramic polymer is configured to convert to a ceramic phase. The method includes functionalizing inorganic ceramic filler particles with a reactive group and applying an energy source to the resin to create at least one layer of the ceramic phase from the resin.

A method and a fugitive mold for producing a cast-metal part are provided. In some embodiments, the fugitive mold may be formed by three-dimensionally (3D) printing a preceramic resin in the shape of a fugitive mold; curing the preceramic resin to form a preceramic polymer, and pyrolyzing the fugitive mold to convert the preceramic polymer to a metastable ceramic material. The metastable ceramic material may include an amorphous silicon oxycarbide ceramic. A cast-metal part may be formed by filling the fugitive mold with a liquid metal or alloy, and allowing the liquid metal or alloy to solidify over a first length of time. The cast-metal part may then be retrieved by heating the fugitive mold at a temperature lower than the melting point of the cast-metal part for a second length of time longer than the first length of time to disintegrate the metastable ceramic material.

A method and a fugitive mold for producing a cast-metal part are provided. In some embodiments, the fugitive mold may be formed by three-dimensionally (3D) printing a preceramic resin in the shape of a fugitive mold; curing the preceramic resin to form a preceramic polymer, and pyrolyzing the fugitive mold to convert the preceramic polymer to a metastable ceramic material. The metastable ceramic material may include an amorphous silicon oxycarbide ceramic. A cast-metal part may be formed by filling the fugitive mold with a liquid metal or alloy, and allowing the liquid metal or alloy to solidify over a first length of time. The cast-metal part may then be retrieved by heating the fugitive mold at a temperature lower than the melting point of the cast-metal part for a second length of time longer than the first length of time to disintegrate the metastable ceramic material.

A honeycomb body made of a composite material for fire-resistant lightweight structures including honeycomb cells having a cross section is provided. The cell walls of the honeycomb cells are produced from a composite material. The composite material has at least one carrier, for example a woven fabric or a laid fabric made of fibers, and a matrix into which the carrier is embedded. The matrix includes a silicon-based ceramic material, of which the proportion by mass in the matrix along the cell walls is at least 30 wt. %. A method for producing such a ceramic honeycomb body and a honeycomb tube as an intermediate product for the same are also provided. A flat semi-finished product as a curable intermediate product for the production of fire-resistant fiber composite lightweight structures, which has a matrix mixture including dispersed silicon particles, is also provided.

A crystalline silicon carbide fiber containing silicon carbide and boron nitride, the crystalline silicon carbide fiber having a content of Si of 64% to 72% by weight, a content of C of 28% to 35% by weight, and a content of B of 0.1% to 3.0% by weight, and including, at a surface portion, a composition gradient layer in which a content of silicon carbide increases while a content of boron nitride decreases toward a depth direction.

Methods, apparatus and systems using heat exchanger reactors to form polymer derived ceramic materials, including methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) precursors.

Methods, apparatus and systems using heat exchanger reactors to form polymer derived ceramic materials, including methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) precursors.