CERAMIC BINDER AND USE THEREOF

摘要

A ceramic binder is provided herein. It comprises a sol-gel of a mixture of an aluminum tridecamer and at least one low charged metal hydroxy cation. The aluminum tridecamer and the metal hydroxy cation together, are able to form an aqueous sol. The aluminum tridecamer and the low charged metal hydroxy cation are present in the binder in amounts effective for binding powders, fibres or mixtures thereof in a ceramic material. Thus, the binder may be combined with powders and fibres before forming and processing into ceramic ware. This allows defects in the mouldings to be easily corrected at the green stage in the cycle.