The present disclosure relates to a phosphor ceramic comprising a plurality of luminescence conversion materials, wherein a luminescence conversion material serves as a matrix material for the others.

A process for the production of sinter powder particles (SP), comprising the steps a) providing at least one continuous filament, b) coating, the at least one continuous filament provided in step a) with at least one thermoplastic polymer to obtain a continuous strand comprising the at least one continuous filament, coated with the at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein the average cross-sectional diameter of the strand is in the range of 10 to 300 pm, and c) size reducing of the continuous strand provided in step b) in order to obtain the sinter powder particles (SP), wherein the average length of the sinter powder particles (SP) is in the range of 10 to 300 pm. The present invention further relates to sinter powder particles (SP) obtained by the process, the use of the sinter powder particles (SP) in a powder-based additive manufacturing process and sinter powder particles (SP) having an essentially cylindrical shape N as well as a process for the production of a shaped body by laser sintering or high-speed sintering of sinter powder particles (SP).

A method of making a ceramic composite comprises forming a wet ceramic composition comprising a plurality of discrete ceramic components and a fluxing agent dissolved in a solvent. At least a portion of the solvent is removed from the wet ceramic composition to form a dried ceramic composition comprising the plurality of discrete ceramic components coated with the fluxing agent. The dried ceramic composition is sintered to form the ceramic composite, the sintering being carried out at a sinter temperature sufficient to fuse the discrete ceramic components at bridging sites formed where two or more of the discrete ceramic components coated with fluxing agent are in physical contact.

A ceramic foam filter and a manufacturing method thereof. The ceramic foam filter comprises the following materials provided in respective weight percentages: 20-50% of a silicon carbide, 20-55% of a zirconium oxide, and 10-36% of a silicon oxide, wherein all figures are based on the total weight of the ceramic foam filter. The method for manufacturing the ceramic foam filter comprises the following steps: (a) providing a slurry comprising a silicon carbide, a zirconium oxide or zirconium oxide precursor, a silicon oxide or silicon oxide precursor, a binder, an optional additive, and a fluid carrier medium; (b) applying the slurry to perform surface ornamentation of a perforated organic foam; (c) drying the perforated organic foam surface ornamented with the slurry to obtain a green body; and (d) sintering the green body in oxygen-containing air to obtain the ceramic foam filter.

The present invention relates to an agglomerate abrasive grain made up of a plurality of individual abrasive grains which are bonded into an inorganic or organic binder matrix, wherein, based on the total weight of the agglomerate abrasive grain, at least 8% by weight of the abrasive grains which are bonded into the matrix are fused alumina-based polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains with a percentage of more than 97% by weight of alpha-alumina, and wherein the polycrystalline alumina abrasive grains, in turn, are made up of a plurality of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 primary crystals with a crystal size of between 20 μm and 100 μm. The agglomerate abrasive grain has a closed macroporosity with a pore volume of between 5% by volume and 30% by volume, wherein the average pore diameter of the closed macropores is between 10 μm and 100 μm and their maximum pore diameter is in the range of approx. 120 μm.

A ceramic absorber for damping, in particular absorbing, vibrations, in particular combustion vibrations, preferably in gas turbines, which has a foam structure. For the ceramic absorber, the sound absorption capacity is set in a defined way and the efficiency is improved. The foam structure is based on a ceramic powder which contains either a component from the class of silicates or a component from the class of oxides, or a combination of a component from the class of silicates and a component from the class of oxides, and the foam structure has a homogeneous pore distribution.

A composite material containing carbon and a plastic includes: a) provision of a pulverulent composition with one or more components of amorphous carbon, graphite and mixed forms thereof, b) provision of a liquid binder, c) planar deposition of a layer consisting of the material provided in step a) and local deposition of droplets of material provided in step b) onto this layer and any number of repetitions of step c), the local deposition of the droplets in the successive repetitions of this step being adapted according to the desired shape of the component to be produced, d) at least partial curing or drying of the binder to obtain a green body that has the desired shape of the component, e) impregnation of the green body with a liquid synthetic resin and f) curing of the synthetic resin to produce a synthetic resin matrix.

The present invention belongs to the field of composite materials, particularly to an underwater non-dispersible quick-setting and rapid-hardening cement-based composite material and the preparation method and application thereof. The material consists of the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 32%-34% of silicate cement, 8.8%-9% of calcium aluminate, 5%-7% of magnesium oxide, 0.5%-2% of sulfur trioxide, 0.2%-0.3% of polycarboxylate high performance water-reducing agent, 0.3%-0.7% of flocculant, 0.05%-0.2% of setting accelerator, 0.05%-0.2% of air-entraining agent, 0.05%-0.3% of rust inhibitor, 26%-31% of fine aggregate, 13%-18% of coarse aggregate, and 8.4%-8.5% of water. The material can be used for rapid repair of cement buildings in water conservancy projects, the repair material can be quickly set and the initial strength can be guaranteed.

A sintered body includes a ceramic substrate including sintered oxide particles, a through-hole formed in the ceramic substrate such that the side surfaces of the oxide particles exposed from an inner wall of the through-hole form a flat surface, and a porous body disposed in the through-hole, the porous body including spherical oxide ceramic particles and a mixed oxide configured to bind the spherical oxide ceramic particles.

A probe card board in the present disclosure includes a plurality of through holes designed to receive a probe brought into contact with a measurement object. The probe card board is composed of silicon nitride based ceramics. The probe card board includes a first surface opposed to the measurement object and a second surface located opposite to the first surface. The probe card board contains a plurality of crystal phases of metal silicide. Metal constituting the metal silicide is at least one kind selected from among molybdenum, chrome, iron, nickel, manganese, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, cobalt and tungsten.