CERAMIC METAL COMPOUND

摘要

A ceramic metal compound comprising a porous ceramic infiltrated with metal, the ceramic comprising at least five layers, the thickness of each layer lying between about 10 and about 150 microns and the average pore radius of said ceramic lying between about 100 and about 1,000 nm, the ceramic having an open end porosity within the range of about 5 and about 14% and an overall porosity within the range of about 5 and about 30% and said metal filling the pore volume with the exception of a residual pore volume within the range of about 0.1 to about 10%, based on the initial porosity.