A green tape composition includes at least one Li-garnet ceramic powder; at least one excess lithium source; at least one dispersant; at least one binder; and at least one plasticizer, such that a porosity of the green tape composition is <10 vol. %. A method includes dispersing at least one lithium garnet powder and at least one excess lithium source in a predetermined ratio in an organic solvent to form a garnet suspension; adding at least one dispersant, at least one binder, and at least one plasticizer to the garnet suspension; milling the garnet suspension; and de-airing under vacuum, such that a porosity of the green tape composition is <10 vol. %.

A layered body includes: a substrate; and an oxide portion positioned on the substrate. An oxide that constitutes the oxide portion contains at least two or more rare-earth elements: silicon; and oxygen. The oxide that is contained in the oxide portion exhibits a diffraction peak derived from a (004) plane at a position of 2?=51.9??0.9? in an X-ray diffraction pattern, and has an apatite crystal structure. The ratio of linear expansion coefficient of the oxide that constitutes the oxide portion in an a-axis direction relative to linear expansion coefficient of the substrate is 0.15 or more and 1.45 or less.

Coating systems are provided for positioning on a surface of a substrate, along with the resulting coated components and methods of their formation. The coating system may include a layer having a compound of the formula: A.sub.1bB.sub.bZ.sub.1dD.sub.dMO.sub.6 where: A is Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Fe, Cr, Co, Mn, Bi, or a mixture thereof; b is 0 to about 0.5; Z is Hf, Ti, or a mixture thereof; D is Zr, Ce, Ge, Si, or a mixture thereof; d is 0 to about 0.5; and M is Ta, Nb, or a mixture thereof.

Compounds are generally provided, which may be particularly used to form a layer in a coating system. In one embodiment, the compound may have the formula: A.sub.xB.sub.bLn.sub.1-x-bHf.sub.1-t-dTi.sub.tD.sub.dMO.sub.6, where: A is Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Fe, Cr, Co, Mn, Bi, or a mixture thereof; x is about 0.01 to about 0.99; b is 0 to about 0.5, with 1-x-b being 0 to about 0.99 such that Ln is present in the compound; Ln is a rare earth or a mixture thereof that is different than A; t is 0 to about 0.99; D is Zr, Ce, Ge, Si, or a mixture thereof; d is 0 to about 0.5; the sum of t and d is less than 1 such that Hf is present in the compound; and M is Ta, Nb, or a mixture thereof.

A sputtering target comprising an oxide sintered body that includes an indium element, a tin element and a zinc element, wherein the oxide sintered body includes one or more selected from a hexagonal layered compound represented by In.sub.2O.sub.3(ZnO).sub.m, a hexagonal layered compound represented by InXO.sub.3(ZnO).sub.n, a rutile structure compound represented by SnO.sub.2 and an ilmenite structure compound represented by ZnSnO.sub.3, and a spinel structure compound represented by Zn.sub.2SnO.sub.4, in the formulas, X is a metal element that can form a hexagonal layered compound together with an indium element and a zinc element, m is an integer of 1 or more and n is an integer of 1 or more, and an agglomerate of the spinel structure compound is 5% or less of the entire sintered body.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, sodium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve high resonance frequencies while maintaining high permeability.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material, such as Y-phase hexagonal ferrite material, and methods of manufacturing. In some embodiments, sodium or potassium can be added into the crystal structure of the hexagonal ferrite material in order to achieve improved resonant frequencies in the range of 500 MHz to 1 GHz useful for radiofrequency applications.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an enhanced resonant frequency hexagonal ferrite material and methods of manufacturing. The hexagonal ferrite material can be Y-phase strontium hexagonal ferrite material. In some embodiments, strontium can be substituted out for a trivalent or tetravalent ion composition including potassium, thereby providing for advantageous properties.

Methods of manufacturing a ceramic honeycomb body having a honeycomb structure with a matrix of intersecting walls, and a skin disposed on an outer peripheral portion of the matrix where the skin has a first average porosity and the interior portion of the matrix has a second average porosity that is greater than the first average porosity. The methods include coating at least the skin with a fluid formulation containing a sintering aid and subsequently firing the honeycomb structure. In certain embodiments, a glass layer is formed in the skin or in regions of the walls directly adjacent to the skin. In certain embodiments, the coating is applied to a green honeycomb structure, and in other embodiments the coating is applied to a ceramic honeycomb structure. Other honeycomb bodies and methods are described.

Coating systems on a surface of a CMC component, such as a CMC shroud, are provided. The coating system can include an environmental barrier coating on the surface of the CMC component and an abradable coating on the environmental barrier coating and defining an external surface opposite of the environmental barrier coating. The abradable coating includes a compound having the formula: Ln.sub.2ABO.sub.8, where Ln comprises scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, or mixtures thereof; A comprises Si, Ti, Ge, or a combination thereof; and B comprises Mo, W, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the abradable coating has a first coefficient of thermal expansion at an interface with the environmental barrier coating that changes to a second coefficient of thermal expansion at its external surface. Methods are also provided for applying an abradable coating onto a CMC component.