The glass ceramic material of the present disclosure contains a glass that contains SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and M.sub.2O, where M is an alkali metal, and a filler that contains quartz, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and ZrO.sub.2. The glass ceramic material contains the glass in an amount of 57.4% by weight or more and 67.4% by weight or less, the quartz in the filler in an amount of 29% by weight or more and 39% by weight or less, the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in the filler in an amount of 1.8% by weight or more and 5% by weight or less, and the ZrO.sub.2 in the filler in an amount of 0.3% by weight or more and 1.8% by weight or less.

A method of fabricating a glass matrix composite includes providing a fiber preform in a cavity of a die tooling, the fiber preform circumscribing an interior region; providing a parison of glass matrix material in the interior region, the glass matrix material having a first viscosity; introducing pressurized inert gas into the parison to outwardly inflate the parison against the fiber preform; and while under pressure from the pressurized inert gas, decreasing the first viscosity of the glass matrix material to a second viscosity. The pressure and the second viscosity cause the glass matrix material to flow and infiltrate into the fiber preform to thereby form a consolidated workpiece. The consolidated workpiece is then cooled to form a glass matrix composite.

A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger core from glass ceramic matrix composite includes placing one or more reinforcing fibers around one or more mandrels into a mold cavity. A glass matrix material infiltrates the one or more reinforcing fibers to produce an infiltrated core and the one or more mandrels is removed to create one or more passages passing through the infiltrated core.

An optical element reflects radiation, such as EUV radiation. The optical element includes a substrate with a surface to which a reflective coating is applied. The substrate has at least one channel through which a coolant can flow. The substrate is formed from fused silica, such as titanium-doped fused silica, or a glass ceramic. The channel has a length of at least 10 cm below the surface to which the reflective coating is applied. The cross-sectional area of the channel varies by no more than +/−20% over the length of the channel.

The present invention relates to a glass ceramic having improved thermal expansion characteristics and to the use thereof in a precision component.

The present invention relates to a glass ceramic having improved thermal expansion characteristics and to the use thereof in a precision component.

Methods for engineered mesoporous cellular magmatics and articles thereof are disclosed. For example, the magmatics may include a mixture of substance that, when exposed to heat for a length of time, form a foamed mass. The foamed mass may be exposed to a solution configured to cause mineralization upon and within the articles.

A preparation method and use of a yellow fluorescent glass ceramic are disclosed. The preparation method includes: mixing a monomer, a cross-linking agent and a filling solvent evenly, then adding fumed silica and stirring evenly, further adding an ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiator and an UV absorber, and stirring thoroughly; adding a yellow phosphor (Y,Gd)AG:Ce, stirring thoroughly and defoaming to obtain a slurry; introducing the slurry into a mold, and curing by UV irradiation or three-dimensional (3D) printing to obtain a body; putting the body into a high-temperature furnace for heating to obtain a phosphor-embedded porous silica glass; putting the porous silica glass into a high-temperature vacuum furnace for densification and sintering to obtain a densified fluorescent glass ceramic; and finally cutting and surface-polishing.

A glass ceramic sintered body having a small dielectric loss in a high frequency band of 10 GHz or higher and stable characteristics against temperature variation and a wiring substrate using the same are provided. The glass ceramic sintered body contains crystallized glass, an alumina filler, silica, and strontium titanate. The content of the crystallized glass is 50 mass % to 80 mass %, the content of the alumina filler is 15.6 mass % to 31.2 mass % in terms of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, the content of silica is 0.4 mass % to 4.8 mass % in terms of SiO.sub.2, and the content of the strontium titanate is 4 mass % to 14 mass % in terms of SrTiO.sub.3.

An illumination system for medical therapeutic and/or diagnostic system is provided. The illumination system includes a laser light source and a light guide. The light guide has a proximal end that is connectable and/or assignable to the one laser light source. The light guide has a distal end with a diffuser element having a radial, spherical emission characteristic. The diffuser element includes a diffuser main body made of an inorganic material, in particular a glass, a glass ceramic, a glass-like substance or a composite substance of the aforementioned substances. The diffuser main body has a scattering element and has a surface that is pore-free and smooth.