This disclosure relates to polycrystalline cubic boron nitride material with cBN particles in a metal matrix comprising zirconium nitride and/or vanadium nitride precipitates or grains.

A cBN sinter comprising cubic boron nitride grains and a binder phase, the binder phase comprising Ti.sub.2CN and TiAl.sub.3, wherein the ratio I.sub.Ti2CN/I.sub.TiAl3 of the peak intensity I.sub.Ti2CN of Ti.sub.2CN appearing at 2θ=41.9° to 42.2° to the peak intensity I.sub.TiAl3 of TiAl.sub.3 appearing at 2θ=39.0° to 39.3° is in a range of 2.0 to 30.0 in an XRD measurement.

There are provided a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a surface also excellent in adhesiveness to a ceramic coating film, while having excellent wear resistance and defect resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a tool. The cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention includes 60.0 to 90.0% by volume of cubic boron nitride, the remainder being a binder phase, wherein the binder phase contains: at least any of a nitride, a boride, and an oxide of Al; at least any of a carbide, a nitride, a carbonitride, and a boride of Ti; and a compound represented by the following formula (1):

W.sub.2Ni.sub.xCo.sub.(1-x)B.sub.2(0.40≤x<1)  (1)

A ceramic brush seal for a gas turbine engine, and a process for manufacturing the seal are provided. In one example, the process includes deinfiltrating an edge of a plurality of plies having a preimpregnated configuration. The edge is defined by a plurality of ceramic fibers extending away from a portion edge of a matrix infiltrated portion of each of the plies. In another example, the process includes masking an edge of a plurality of plies, the edge being defined by a plurality of ceramic fibers extending away from a portion edge of a body portion of each of the plies, and infiltrating the body portion of the plurality of plies with a ceramic matrix slurry. The plies are stacked, formed into a green body and then fired to form the component. The plies may include oxide/oxide woven ceramic fiber plies.

There are provided a cubic boron nitride sintered body having a surface also excellent in adhesiveness to a ceramic coating film, while having excellent wear resistance and defect resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof, and a tool. The cubic boron nitride sintered body of the present invention includes 60.0 to 90.0% by volume of cubic boron nitride, the remainder being a binder phase, wherein the binder phase contains: at least any of a nitride, a boride, and an oxide of Al; at least any of a carbide, a nitride, a carbonitride, and a boride of Ti; and a compound represented by the following formula (1):
W.sub.2Ni.sub.xCo.sub.(1-x)B.sub.2(0.40≤x<1)  (1).

An airfoil comprises a wall that defines a leading edge and a trailing edge and one or more cavities located within the wall along with a rib that separates the cavities. The rib or the wall comprises a first split ply that comprises a consolidated section and two or more split sections; wherein the split sections emanate from the consolidated section; and where the split sections define the wall and the cavities of the airfoil.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a conductive ceramic composition comprising: conductive non-oxide ceramic particles; oxide ceramic particles electrostatically bonded or co-dispersed with the non-oxide ceramic particles; and a binder resin.

A complex ceramic particle and ceramic composite material may be made of a pretreated coal dust and a polymer derived ceramic that is mixed together and pyrolyzed in a nonoxidizing atmosphere. Constituent portions of the particle mixture chemically react causing particles to increase in density and reduce in size during pyrolyzation, yielding a particle suitable for a plurality of uses including composite articles and proppants.

Embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for controlling the packing behavior of powders for additive manufacturing applications. In some embodiments, a method for additive manufacturing includes adding a packing modifier to a base powder to form a build material. The build material may be spread to form a layer across a powder bed, and the build material may be selectively joined along a two-dimensional pattern associated with the layer. The steps of spreading a layer of build material and selectively joining the build material in the layer may be repeated to form a three-dimensional object. The packing modifier may be selected to enhance one or more powder packing and/or powder flow characteristics of the base powder to provide for improved uniformity of the additive manufacturing process, promote sintering, and/or to enhance the properties of the manufactured three-dimensional objects.

Provided is a sulfide solid electrolyte material which has a composition that does not contain Ge, while having a smaller Li content than conventional sulfide solid electrolyte materials, and which has both lithium ion conductivity and chemical stability at the same time. A sulfide solid electrolyte which has a crystal structure represented by composition formula (Li.sub.3.45+β−4αSn.sub.α)(Si.sub.0.36Sn.sub.0.09)(P.sub.0.55−βSi.sub.β)S.sub.4 (wherein α≤0.67, β≤0.33 and 0.43<α+β (provided that 0.23<α≤0.4 when β=0.2 and 0.13<α≤0.4 when β=0.3 may be excluded)), or a crystal structure represented by composition formula Li.sub.7+γSi.sub.γP.sub.1−γS.sub.6 (wherein 0.1≤γ<0.3).