Energizing of materials having a high degree of porosity by passing a high energy shock therethrough is described. Much of the energy of the shock is inelastically converted to thermal energy of the porous material thereby greatly increasing its temperature and pressure. The hot, high pressure material is used for welding two solid bodies together in one embodiment and in another is employed to accelerate a plate to high velocity. Multiple layers of such porous material having low density altern...

An improved porous electrode for use in electrochemical cells, particularly for use in fuel cells. The electrode is of the kind comprising a porous layer containing carbon and a non-polar resin such as polytetrafluoroethylene, and an electrically conducting screen acting as a collector. To prevent early collector deterioration the collector material is covered with an electrically conductive protective layer, which consists either of an electrically conductive resin or of a non-conductive resin ...

This invention pertains to catheters used with human beings for drainage of any cavity and of a variety of configurations. In particular, the invention is for using a microporous material with interconnected pores of 0.5 to 5 microns diameter such as polyethylene, polypropylene, fluorocarbon or other material that will release a controlled flow or oozing for several days of a liquid from the catheter by differential thermal expansion produced by contact with the patient. The microporous structur...

The open pores of a porous silicon nitride body are partly or wholly filled with and adherent, refractory filler comprising cordierite or a borosilicate glass, thereby to reduce the gas-permeability of the body. A body, so treated, may, for example, have application as a recuperator.

A porous sheet suitable for use in first-aid sticking plasters, poultices, etc. as the substrate is described. The porous sheet comprises a thermoplastic polymer, and an arbitrary cross section of the porous sheet has a polymer packing of 30 to 90% and contains 2 to 100 polymer sections having a sectional area of 0.001 mm.sup.2 or less per millimeter along the surface of the porous sheet. At least one surface of the porous sheet is in net-work structure (a) formed by fiber-like bodies which are ...

Porous organo polysilica dielectric materials having low dielectric constants useful in electronic component manufacture are disclosed along with methods of preparing the porous organo polysilica dielectric materials. Also disclosed are methods of forming integrated circuits containing such porous organo polysilica dielectric materials.

Disclosed herein is a porous film having a thickness of 90 .mu.m or less obtained by uniaxially stretching a film produced by blow-extruding a composition comprising a linear polyethylene, filler and a radical forming agent, the bending resistance of the porous film in both the machine and transverse directions being 50 mm or less, the moisture permeability of the porous film being 1500 g/m.sup.2 .multidot.24 hr or above, and the surface strength of the porous film satisfying the following relat...

The invention is a flange device used for flush mounting construction fixture or hardware trims. The invention reduces the potential of a hair line crack between dissimilar materials. The invention can be molded, extruded or otherwise formed into nearly any shape and designed to work with a large variety of different fixtures, hardware and trims. The portion of the flange in contact with a surfacing material (those applied at plastic state) bonds the two surfaces together and is an interface whi...

Porous dielectric materials having low dielectric constants useful in electronic component manufacture are disclosed along with methods of preparing the porous dielectric materials. Also disclosed are methods of forming integrated circuits containing such porous dielectric materials.

A filter has a longitudinal axis with an inner diameter defined by a hollow longitudinally extending center. The filter has fingers extend radially outwardly arcuately from the longitudinal axis. The fingers have base ends near the longitudinal axis and outer edges at extremities spaced from the longitudinal axis. The outer diameter of the filter is defined by the outer edges of the fingers. The filter is formed from a sintered porous molded thermoplastic or another material resulting in a filte...