Patent ID: 11873257
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F | IPC C  F

Claim 0:
1. An antiballistic armor-plating component, comprising a ceramic body made of a material comprising, as percentages by volume:
between 20% and 75% of boron carbide,
between 5% and 30% of a metallic silicon phase or of a metallic phase comprising silicon,
between 20% and 70% of silicon carbide,, and wherein, as percentages by volume:
more than 60% of the grains with an equivalent diameter greater than 60 micrometers are boron carbide grains,
the boron carbide grains with an equivalent diameter greater than 30 micrometers represent more than 20%,
the silicon carbide grains with an equivalent diameter greater than or equal to 10 micrometers represent more than 10%, and
the silicon carbide grains with an equivalent diameter less than 10 micrometers represent more than 10%.