A ceramic bonding material including at least one fibrous material, a flux agent and a thickening agent wherein the ceramic bonding material fired at a set temperature to bond the two adjacent substrate faces.

A method of making a ceramic device with a controlled roughness includes using a defocused laser beam to roughen a surface of a ceramic substrate, and removing one or more portions of the roughened surface without removing all of the roughened surface. If desired, the ceramic device may include reaction-bonded silicon carbide, and an opening may be formed in the device so that the device can be used to apply a clamping suction to a wafer surface. A ceramic surface with a controlled roughness is also disclosed. The defocused laser beam may be used to make the surface rough enough to prevent it from sticking to a mating element, and to have adequate wear resistance, but not so rough as to prevent the formation of sufficient suction to clamp the surface to a mating element.

The invention relates to a method for treating magnesia-carbon products.

The invention relates to a method for treating magnesia-carbon products.

The invention relates to a water-based ink composition for drop-on-demand (DoD) printing technology, which is intended for glazing and decorating ceramic products and provides colour or ceramic effects on ceramic supports once it has been fired at temperatures between 850° C. and 1280° C.

There is provided a diamond cutting tool including a cutting edge portion containing single crystal diamond or binderless polycrystalline diamond and graphite, wherein when Raman spectroscopy is performed on a surface of the cutting edge portion, a ratio R1 of Ig1 to a sum of Id1 and the Ig1 is equal to or more than 0.5 and equal to or less than 1, where the Idi represents a peak intensity of first carbon in the surface, the Ig1 represents a peak intensity of second carbon in the surface, the first carbon represents carbon that forms the single crystal diamond or the binderless polycrystalline diamond.

A heat treated ceramic article includes a ceramic substrate and a ceramic coating on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic coating is a non-sintered ceramic coating that has a different composition than the ceramic substrate. The heat treated ceramic article further includes a transition layer between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic coating, the transition layer comprising first elements from the ceramic coating that have reacted with second elements from the ceramic substrate, wherein the transition layer has a thickness of about 0.1 microns to about 5 microns.

A heat treated ceramic article includes a ceramic substrate and a ceramic coating on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic coating is a non-sintered ceramic coating that has a different composition than the ceramic substrate. The heat treated ceramic article further includes a transition layer between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic coating, the transition layer comprising first elements from the ceramic coating that have reacted with second elements from the ceramic substrate, wherein the transition layer has a thickness of about 0.1 microns to about 5 microns.

A heat treated ceramic article includes a ceramic substrate and a ceramic coating on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic coating is a non-sintered ceramic coating that has a different composition than the ceramic substrate. The heat treated ceramic article further includes a transition layer between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic coating, the transition layer comprising first elements from the ceramic coating that have reacted with second elements from the ceramic substrate, wherein the transition layer has a thickness of about 0.1 microns to about 5 microns.

A heat treated ceramic article includes a ceramic substrate and a ceramic coating on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic coating is a non-sintered ceramic coating that has a different composition than the ceramic substrate. The heat treated ceramic article further includes a transition layer between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic coating, the transition layer comprising first elements from the ceramic coating that have reacted with second elements from the ceramic substrate, wherein the transition layer has a thickness of about 0.1 microns to about 5 microns.