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 method of sequestering gas-phase materials, hempcrete formed using the method, and methods of using hempcrete are disclosed. An exemplary method includes providing a mixture of hempcrete compound material within a chamber and exposing the mixture within the chamber to a gas for a period of time to form hempcrete, wherein the hempcrete exhibits net-negative life cycle carbon emissions. A model to predict net life cycle carbon emission of hempcrete is also disclosed.

Disclosed herein are a lightweight geopolymer foam with low thermal conductivity and a manufacturing method therefor in which coal bottom ash and fly ash are used together as materials for the geopolymer foam and silica fume is added to a mixed solution of an alkali activator and sodium hydroxide. The geopolymer foam can be utilized for improving insulation performance and safety for a structure constructed with eco-friendly cement.

Translucency of a yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic is improved to achieve even higher translucency than what is currently offered on the market, without greatly altering its mechanical properties. The enhancement is done by incorporating magnesium-containing dopants into the microstructure of yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramic dental ceramics.

The present application provides a high-wear-resistance far-infrared ceramic polished glazed tile and preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes application of far-infrared overglaze, ink-jet printing, application of transparent far-infrared polished glaze and application of abrasion-resistant far-infrared polished glaze in sequence on a body, firing, and polishing. By adopting the far-infrared overglaze, the transparent far-infrared polished glaze and the abrasion-resistant far-infrared polished glaze in combination, the polished glaze tile can have a far-infrared function, high transparency, and high abrasion resistance.

Aqueous compositions may be used preparing special concretes like aerated concrete or lightweight concrete. Such an aqueous composition for preparing such concretes, may combine water, a hydraulic binder, and an aggregate that is ground in the presence of a particular anionic polymer. The ground aggregate is selected from slag, fly ash, sand, and combinations thereof.

A cBN sintered material comprising cBN particles and a binder phase, in which the binder phase contains AlN and AlB.sub.2, a content proportion of cBN particles is 70 to 97 vol %, cBN sintered material has a volume resistivity up to 5×10.sup.−3 Ωcm, a rate of a peak intensity derived from Al with respect to a peak intensity derived from cBN particles is less than 1.0%, cBN particles include fine particles and coarse particles, coarse particles optionally include ultra-coarse particles, with respect to the entire cBN particles, a content proportion α of fine particles is from 10 vol %, a content proportion β of coarse particles is from 30 vol %, a content proportion γ of ultra-coarse particles is 25 vol % or less, and a total of the content proportion α of fine particles and the content proportion β of coarse particles is 50 to 100 vol %.

A method of fabricating a ceramic component includes hot pressing a composite component with a glass powder / filler cover mixture to form a consolidated glass-based coating on the composite component.

A method of fabricating a ceramic component includes hot pressing a composite component with a glass powder / filler cover mixture to form a consolidated glass-based coating on the composite component.

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.