A method of redefining an opening in a composite component comprises filling the opening with a filling material, where the opening is defined in a body of the composite component and opens onto a surface defined by the composite component, and redefining the opening such that the opening extends into the body. Some methods comprise removing an existing coating from the surface of the composite component prior to filling the opening with the filling material and applying a new coating to the surface prior to redefining the opening such that the opening extends through the new coating and into the body. An exemplary composite component comprises a body, a surface with a coating thereon, an original opening defined through the body and filled with a filling material, and a new opening defined through the coating into the body, which may be defined at a new location from the original opening.

An open cell reticulated foam structure having a MAX phase ceramic material infiltrated at least partially into the foam structure to produce the infiltrated product. The open cell reticulated foam structure can be shaped and sized to the final shape and size of the final product prior to infiltrating with the MAX phase ceramic material. Sintering of the MAX phase ceramic material can be done with pressureless sintering. The final infiltrated product can provide heat shielding to temperatures in excess of 2400° C.

An open cell reticulated foam structure having a MAX phase ceramic material infiltrated at least partially into the foam structure to produce the infiltrated product. The open cell reticulated foam structure can be shaped and sized to the final shape and size of the final product prior to infiltrating with the MAX phase ceramic material. Sintering of the MAX phase ceramic material can be done with pressureless sintering. The final infiltrated product can provide heat shielding to temperatures in excess of 2400° C.

A surface-coated boron nitride sintered body tool is provided, in which at least a cutting edge portion includes a cubic boron nitride sintered body and a coating film formed on a surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body. The coating film includes an A layer and a B layer. The A layer is formed of columnar crystals each having a particle size of 10 nm or more and 400 nm or less. The B layer is formed of columnar crystals each having a particle size of 5 nm or more and 70 nm or less. The B layer is formed by alternately stacking two or more compound layers having different compositions. The compound layers each have a thickness of 0.5 nm or more and 300 nm or less.

A surface-coated boron nitride sintered body tool is provided, in which at least a cutting edge portion includes a cubic boron nitride sintered body and a coating film formed on a surface of the cubic boron nitride sintered body. The coating film includes an A layer and a B layer. The A layer is formed of columnar crystals each having a particle size of 10 nm or more and 400 nm or less. The B layer is formed of columnar crystals each having a particle size of 5 nm or more and 70 nm or less. The B layer is formed by alternately stacking two or more compound layers having different compositions. The compound layers each have a thickness of 0.5 nm or more and 300 nm or less.

The honeycomb filter of the present invention comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate formed from a porous body of sintered ceramic particles, and a filter layer formed on the surface of the cell walls, wherein a portion of the filter layer penetrates from the surface of the cell walls into pores formed by the ceramic particles to form inter-particle filtration bodies, these inter-particle filtration bodies are formed from a plurality of spherical ceramic particles and crosslinking bodies which bind the spherical ceramic particles to each other, and the spherical ceramic particles and the crosslinking bodies form a three-dimensional network structure.

The honeycomb filter of the present invention comprises a ceramic honeycomb substrate formed from a porous body of sintered ceramic particles, and a filter layer formed on the surface of the cell walls, wherein a portion of the filter layer penetrates from the surface of the cell walls into pores formed by the ceramic particles to form inter-particle filtration bodies, these inter-particle filtration bodies are formed from a plurality of spherical ceramic particles and crosslinking bodies which bind the spherical ceramic particles to each other, and the spherical ceramic particles and the crosslinking bodies form a three-dimensional network structure.

In one example, a method for forming a coating system including a bond coat and an environmental barrier coating on a ceramic or CMC substrate, e.g., with an abradable coating on the environmental barrier coating. The method may include depositing a bond coat on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited bond coat; heat treating the as-deposited bond coat following the deposition of the as-deposited bond coat on the substrate to form a heat treated bond coat; depositing an environment barrier coating (EBC) layer on the heat treated bond coat to form as deposited EBC layer; and heat treating the as-deposited EBC layer to form a heat treated EBC layer.

In one example, a method for forming a coating system including a bond coat and an environmental barrier coating on a ceramic or CMC substrate, e.g., with an abradable coating on the environmental barrier coating. The method may include depositing a bond coat on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited bond coat; heat treating the as-deposited bond coat following the deposition of the as-deposited bond coat on the substrate to form a heat treated bond coat; depositing an environment barrier coating (EBC) layer on the heat treated bond coat to form as deposited EBC layer; and heat treating the as-deposited EBC layer to form a heat treated EBC layer.

A complex composite particle is made of a coal dust and binder composite that is pyrolyzed. Constituent portions of the composite react together causing the particles to increase in density and reduce in size during pyrolyzation, yielding a particle suitable for use as a proppant or in a composite structure.