A method of forming a porous sol gel, including a dried porous sol gel, is provided comprising forming a sol gel from a sol gel-forming composition comprising a silane solution and a catalyst solution; and non-supercritically drying the sol gel to provide a dried porous sol gel having no springback. The dried porous sol gel can include dried macroporous or mesoporous sol gels or dried hybrid aerogels. The materials may contain open or filled pores. Such materials are useful as thermal insulators.

A thermally-insulating composite material with co-shrinkage in the form of an insulating material formed by the inclusion of microballoons in a matrix material such that the microballoons and the matrix material exhibit co-shrinkage upon processing. The thermally-insulating composite material can be formed by a variety of microballoon-matrix material combinations such as polymer microballoons in a preceramic matrix material. The matrix materials generally contain fine rigid fillers.

A method of manufacturing a silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle; a method of manufacturing a heat dispersing resin composition containing the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle; and the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle. The method of manufacturing includes: a first step of covering the surface of the aluminum nitride particle with an organic silicone compound including a specific structure; and a second step of heating the aluminum nitride particle covered with the organic silicone compound at a temperature of 300° C. or more and less than 1000° C., wherein the content of carbon atoms in the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle is less than 1000 ppm by mass.

Solid or liquid N—H free, C-free, and Si-rich perhydropolysilazane compositions comprising units having the following formula [—N(SiH.sub.3).sub.x(SiH.sub.2—).sub.y], wherein x=0, 1, or 2 and y=0, 1, or 2 when x+y=2; and x=0, 1 or 2 and y=1, 2, or 3 when x+y=3 are disclosed. Also disclosed are synthesis methods and applications for the same.

A method may include depositing a sacrificial support material on or adjacent to a build surface. The sacrificial support material may be configured to support a continuous reinforcement material during an additive manufacturing technique. The method also may include extruding the continuous reinforcement material from an additive manufacturing device such that at least a portion of the continuous reinforcement material contacts and is supported by the sacrificial support material; and removing the sacrificial support material to result in a feature defined at least in part by the continuous reinforcement material at the absence of sacrificial support material.

The present disclosure discloses a method for finely processing a nonmetallic material, including: crushing a nonmetallic mineral to obtain a nonmetallic block, drying at ambient temperature, coarsely grinding the dried nonmetallic block to obtain coarsely ground particles, subjecting the coarsely ground particles to a second grinding, and then ball milling in a ball mill, drying and sieving to obtain a powder with various particle sizes; classifying and marking the powder to determine the grade and corresponding use of the powder; modifying the nonmetallic mineral powder in a modification device, grinding by a drum ultra-fine vibration mill to obtain a modified powder; calcining the modified powder, then cooling at ambient temperature, mixing with a strong alkali solution to react in a water bath; adding an excessive hydrochloric acid solution, and filtering, washing and drying the resulting filter cake to obtain a product.

The present disclosure discloses a continuous electrophoretic deposition modified carbon fiber reinforced multi-matrix composite and a preparation method thereof, composing of a carbon fiber with a volume fraction of 30-55%, an inorganic powder with a volume fraction of 3-25% and a matrix with a volume fraction of 20-67%, wherein the inorganic powder is wrapped on the surface of the carbon fiber filament or embedded in the carbon fiber bundle, and the concentration gradually decreases from the fiber filament to the surface of the fiber bundle. The preparation method of the composite is as follows: (1) pretreating the carbon fibers; (2) preparing a slurry of the inorganic powder; (3) widening the pretreated carbon fiber to form a carbon fiber strip, and then carrying out electrophoretic deposition on the inorganic powders; (4) preparing a preform from the deposited carbon fibers; and (5) compounding a matrix in the preform.

Porous, electrically conductive ceramic foams incorporating continuous self-assembled graphene networks are described. The disclosed approach uses interfacial trapping to spontaneously exfoliate and assemble pristine graphite, not graphite oxide, in a ceramic sol-gel. The composite foams display electrical conductivity and joule heating, with anticipated applications as, for example, catalyst supports, thermoelectrics, and porous electrodes.

Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.

A moldable green-body composite includes milling silicon nitride powder with a solvent and adding a surface modifier to the milled slurry to modify a surface of the silicon nitride particles. A polysiloxane in a solvent and a binder are also added to create a green body slurry. The solvents may be polar or non-polar solvents. A sintering aid, such as yttria-alumina, may be added to the slurry as well. A reduced density silicon nitride ceramic is made from the moldable green-body composite by molding the moldable green-body composite in a mold and curing at a curing temperature to convert the moldable green-body composite to a converted composite. The converted composite can then be sintered to form a reduced density silicon nitride ceramic that has a smooth surface finish and requires no post machining or polishing. The reduced density silicon nitride ceramic may also have very good dielectric properties.