19-09-2013 дата публикации
Номер: US20130244914A1
Methods are described to make strong, tough, and lightweight whisker-reinforced glass-ceramic composites through a self-toughening structure generated by viscous reaction sintering of a complex mixture of oxides. The invention further relates to strong, tough, and lightweight glass-ceramic composites that can be used as proppants and for other uses. 1. A method for producing a proppant comprising i. at least one metal oxide or precursor thereof that is capable of forming whiskers in said proppant and as part of said proppant,', 'ii. at least one amorphous material containing at least one entrapped vaporizable material,', 'iii. preformed whiskers, and', 'iv. at least one whisker promoter, optionally in the absence of fluorine or fluorine compounds;, 'a. forming a green body from a green body material comprising'}b. reactive sintering said green body under reactive sintering conditions to form a sintered body comprising whiskers and at least one amorphous phase.24-. (canceled)5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said at least one metal oxide comprises a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide claim 1 , wherein said first metal oxide and said second metal oxide are different from each other.6. (canceled)7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said amorphous material comprises perlite claim 1 , stober silica claim 1 , pumice claim 1 , andesite claim 1 , scoria claim 1 , volcanic glasses claim 1 , or any combination thereof.8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said vaporizable material comprises water (HO) carbon dioxide (CO) claim 7 , sulfur dioxide (SO) claim 7 , hydrogen sulfide (HS) claim 7 , nitrogen claim 7 , argon claim 7 , helium claim 7 , neon claim 7 , methane claim 7 , carbon monoxide (CO) claim 7 , hydrogen claim 7 , oxygen claim 7 , hydrogen chloride (HCl) claim 7 , hydrogen fluoride (HF) claim 7 , hydrogen bromide (HBr) claim 7 , nitrogen oxide (NOx) claim 7 , sulfur hexafluoride (SF) claim 7 , carbonyl sulfide (COS) claim 7 , volcanic gases claim 7 , or any ...
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