A method is provided for calculating gaseous diffusion and oxidation evolution of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure, which includes determining temperature and load distribution in a structural member; determining matrix crack distribution in the structure; establishing an equivalent diffusion coefficient model of a fiber bundle scale to predict a gas flow channel in a fiber bundle: averaging a total amount of gaseous diffusion in the channel to establish the equivalent diffusion coefficient model of the fiber bundle composite scale related to the matrix crack distribution; establishing a representative volume element (RVE) model; establishing an equivalent diffusion coefficient model of a RVE scale; calculating the distribution of the gas concentration and oxidation products in the structure; calculating a growth thickness of an oxide at cracks and pores in each element; and updating sealing conditions of the gas channel, and calculating a new equivalent diffusion coefficient field and the distribution of the oxidation products again.

A silicate-based composition includes: 40-80 mol % SiO.sub.2, >0-25 mol % MO, 15-40 mol % R.sub.2O, >0-10 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3, >0-10 mol % P.sub.2O.sub.5, and >0-5 mol % ZrO.sub.2, such that MO is a sum of BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO; and R.sub.2O is a sum of Li.sub.2O, Na.sub.2O, K.sub.2O, Rb.sub.2O, Cs.sub.2O.

The present invention relates to a crystallized glass including: at least one crystal of indialite and cordierite, in which the crystallized glass has a total amount of the crystal is 40 mass % or more of the crystallized glass, and the crystal comprises at least one of a vacancy and a different element at an Al site.

A glass ceramic for an optical filter and an optical filter are obtained that have both thermal expansion characteristics for preventing refractive index fluctuations at a usage temperature of a filter member and mechanical characteristics considering durability, and further have excellent workability.

An internal transmittance of the glass ceramic for an optical filter is 0.970 or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 1550 nm when a thickness of the glass ceramic is 1 mm. The glass ceramic includes, by mass % in terms of oxide, 40.0% to 70.0% of a SiO.sub.2 component, 11.0% to 25.0% of an Al.sub.2O.sub.3 component, 5.0% to 19.0% of a Na.sub.2O component, 0% to 9.0% of a K.sub.2O component, 1.0% to 18.0% of one or more components selected from a MgO component and a ZnO component, 0% to 3.0% of a CaO component, and 0.5% to 12.0% of a TiO.sub.2 component.

ZrO.sub.2-toughened glass ceramics having high molar fractions of tetragonal ZrO.sub.2 and fracture toughness value of greater than 1.8 MPa.Math.m.sup.1/2. The glass ceramic may also include also contain other secondary phases, including lithium silicates, that may be beneficial for toughening or for strengthening through an ion exchange process. Additional second phases may also decrease the coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass ceramic. A method of making such glass ceramics is also provided.

A connected substrate of the present invention includes a plurality of element substrate regions partitioned by dividing grooves, wherein the connected substrate is a glass ceramic sintered body having precipitated therein an anorthite crystal.

The present invention relates to a glass composition including: Li.sub.2O; and, as represented by mol % based on oxides, from 60% to 67% of SiO; from 20% to 29% of B.sub.2O.sub.3; from 3% to 9% of CaO; and from 3% to 6% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, in which a molar ratio (Li.sub.2O:Na.sub.2O:K.sub.2O) among a Li.sub.2O content, a Na.sub.2O content, and a K.sub.2O content is 1:(0-1.9):(0-0.9).

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.

It is demanded that a LTCC substrate composition capable of maintaining low relative permittivity k and high Q value without having a reactivity with a silver which is an electrode material and causing migration of the silver during a co-firing operation at a low temperature. Provided with a low temperature co-fired substrate composition containing 83 to 91 wt. % of CaO-B.sub.2O.sub.3-SiO.sub.2 based glass powder, 7.5 to 14 wt. % of two or more kinds of nanometer-sized SiO.sub.2 powders having different ranges of particle diameter and 1.5 to 3 wt. % of β-wollastonite powder as a crystallization agent wherein the glass powder contains 40.0 to 45.0 wt. % of CaO, 9.0 to 20.0 wt. % of B.sub.2O.sub.3 and 40.0 to 46.0 wt. % of SiO.sub.2.

Disclosed are a composite glass composition for washing and cleaning and a method for producing composite glass powder using the same, in which a silicate-based glass composition containing an alkali oxide for activating water into alkaline water and a bleaching agent having bleaching performance are mixed or coated. Accordingly, since the silicate-based glass composition containing an alkali oxide can ionize water in place of a surfactant contained in existing synthetic detergents, washing and cleaning capacity equivalent to or greater than existing synthetic detergents can be secured with alkaline water ionized from water.