A system for producing chemicals, such as, ethylene or gasoline, at high temperature (above 1100 degrees C.) having a feedstock source. The system includes a chemical conversion portion connected with the feedstock source to receive feedstock and convert the feedstock to ethylene or gasoline. The conversion portion includes a coil array and a furnace that heats the feedstock to temperatures in excess of 1100 C. or 1200 C. or even 1250 C. or even 1300 C. or even 1400 C. A method for producing chemicals, such as ethylene or gasoline, at high temperature.

According to a method for producing a circuit carrier arrangement, a carrier which has a surface section formed by an aluminum/silicon carbide metal matrix composite material is provided. A circuit carrier, which has an insulation carrier with a lower side onto which a lower metallization layer is applied, is also provided. A bonding layer, which contains a glass, is generated on the surface section. A material-fit connection between the bonding layer and the circuit carrier is produced by means of a connecting layer.

A superabrasive compact and a method of making the superabrasive compact are disclosed. A superabrasive compact may comprise a superabrasive volume and a substrate. The substrate may be attached to the superabrasive volume via an interface. The superabrasive volume may be formed by a plurality of polycrystalline superabrasive particles. The superabrasive particles may have nano or sub-micron scale surface texture.

Ceramic honeycomb structures and methods to make the same are disclosed. The structures may be comprised of at least two separate smaller ceramic honeycombs that have been coated with a polymer to create a polymeric barrier coating and adhered together with a cement comprised of inorganic fibers and a binding phase which is comprised of amorphous silicate, aluminite or alumino silicate glass and other inorganic particles. The polymer is selected such that it is penetratable into or covering the pores in the honeycomb structure to form a thin barrier layer thereon to mitigate migration of the inorganic fibers, binding phase and water into the pores. The polymer is adapted to be burned off or decomposed at or below cement and honeycomb skin firing temperatures, or at or below honeycomb operating temperatures during application to create a honeycomb structure that, when formed into an exhaust filter, does not have any undesired pressure drop increase due to cement migration.

A method of bonding a high-strength zirconia post serving as a core in a glass-ceramic block, a method of bonding a metal link fastened with an implant fixture to the zirconia post, and glass-ceramic bondable to the zirconia post and a preparation method thereof, when preparing artificial teeth through a CAD/CAM processing method by using the glass-ceramic block as an artificial-teeth material. The lithium disilicate glass-ceramics containing cristobalite crystalline includes glass-ceramics composition including 10 to 15 wt % Li.sub.2O, 68 to 76 wt % SiO.sub.2, 2 to 5 wt % P.sub.2O.sub.5 working as a nuclei formation agent, 0 to 5 wt % Al.sub.2O.sub.3 to increase glass transition temperature and softening temperature and increase chemical durability of the glass, 2 to 3 wt % ZrO.sub.2, 0.5 to 3 wt % CaO for enhancing a thermal expansion coefficient of the glass, 0.5 to 5 wt % Na.sub.2O, 0.5 to 5 wt % K.sub.2O, and 1 to 2 wt % colorants, and 0 to 2.0 wt % mixture of MgO, ZnO, F, and La.sub.2O.sub.3.

Strontium titanate (SrTiO.sub.3) and barium zirconate (BaZrO.sub.3) are made into a solid solution at a predetermined ratio. Specifically, a dielectric ceramic composition is represented by a basic composition (SrTiO.sub.3).sub.(1-x)(BaZrO.sub.3).sub.x (in the formula, X satisfies 0.63X0.95). More preferably, X satisfies 0.67X0.90 in this range. Such a dielectric ceramic composition may be integrated with alumina to form a composite ceramic structure.

There is provided a first substrate having a first main surface, a second substrate having a second main surface, a bonding member bonding the first main surface and the second main surface, and a flow path positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and extended in a parallel direction with the first main surface and the second main surface, and the bonding member has a projection which is protruded from a portion between the first main surface and the second main surface toward an inner part of the flow path, the flow path includes a first portion having the projection provided in an inner part and a second portion linked to the first portion adjacently to an opposite side to a side where the projection of the first portion is provided, and a height of the first substrate is greater than a height of the second portion in the thickness direction.

A pressure sensor, including a platform of ceramic, a measuring membrane arranged on the platform, a pressure measuring chamber enclosed in the platform under the measuring membrane, and at least one metal body connected with the platform via a pressure-tight, preferably elastomer free, mechanical connection. Thermomechanical stresses arising from the connection are reduced by features including that the pressure-tight, mechanical connection occurs via an adapting body arranged between the platform and the metal body. The adapting body has a thermal expansion coefficient, which rises in direction (z) extending from the platform to the metal body from a coefficient of expansion corresponding to a thermal coefficient of expansion of the ceramic of the platform to a coefficient of expansion corresponding to the thermal coefficient of expansion of the metal body, and the adapting body is connected by a first joint with the platform and by a second joint with the metal body.

A composite dielectric structure includes a first dielectric ceramic layer including a first dielectric ceramic material and having a first permittivity; a second dielectric ceramic layer including a second dielectric ceramic material and having a second permittivity; and an interleaving layer comprising a glass or glass-based material. A volume percentage of the glass or glass-based material is 93%-100% of overall material of the interleaving layer. The interleaving layer is disposed between a first surface of the first dielectric ceramic layer and a second surface of the second dielectric ceramic layer for binding the first dielectric ceramic layer and the dielectric second surface of the second ceramic layer to form the composite dielectric structure.

In accordance with this disclosure, there are provided several inventions, including an apparatus and method for creating a plasma resistant part, which may be formed of a sintered nanocrystalline ceramic material comprising yttrium, oxide, and fluoride. Example parts thus made may include windows, edge rings, or injectors. In one configuration, the parts may be yttria co-sintered with alumina, which may be transparent.