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Method-of-protecting-Si-sub-3-N-sub-4-ceramic-alloy-during-heating

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Details

Inventors: Lange, Frederick F.;
Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA)
Primary Examiner: McCarthy; Helen M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Humphries; L. Lee, Malin; Craig O.

Articles made from Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 ceramic alloy powders are protected during heating by loosely packing them in Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 before heating. Compacts made from Si.sub.3 N.sub.4 ceramic alloys are protected from both oxidation and from volatilization by the encompassing powder even though the furnace atmosphere is air.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method of protecting a Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 ceramic alloy article during heating comprising the steps of: providing a Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 ceramic alloy article; loosely packing said article in Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder; heating said article and said powder to a processing temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere; cooling said article and said powder to a temperature below said processing temperature; and removing said article from said powder.
2.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said step of heating comprises placing said article in a furnace at atmospheric pressure having an air atmosphere.
3.
The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said step of cooling comprises furnace cooling said article and said powder.
4.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder has a composition substantially the same as the composition of said Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 ceramic alloy article.
5.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder is placed in an Al.
sub.
2 O.
sub.
3 container.
6.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder is placed in an SiO.
sub.
2 container.
7.
A method of protecting a Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 -CeO.
sub.
2 ceramic alloy article during heating comprising the steps of: providing a Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 -CeO ceramic alloy article; loosely packing said article in Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder; heating said article and said powder to a processing temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere; cooling said article and said powder to a temperature below said processing temperature; and removing said article from said powder.
8.
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said step of heating comprises placing said article in a furnace at atmospheric pressure having an air atmosphere, and wherein said step of cooling comprises furnace cooling said article and said powder.
9.
The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 powder comprises a Si.
sub.
3 N.
sub.
4 -CeO.
sub.
2 ceramic alloy powder.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1

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