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 12:
13. The antiballistic armor-plating component as claimed in claim 1, wherein, by volume of said material:
the silicon carbide content of said material is greater than 30% and less than 70%, and
the boron carbide content is greater than 20% and less than 50%, and
the content of metallic silicon or of the metallic phase comprising silicon is greater than 8% and less than 25%, and
the boron carbide grains with an equivalent diameter greater than 30 micrometers represent more than 20% and less than 50%, and
the silicon carbide grains with an equivalent diameter between 10 micrometers and 60 micrometers represent more than 10% and less than 20%, and
the silicon carbide grains with an equivalent diameter less than 10 micrometers represent more than 25% and less than 60%, and
the silicon carbide grains with an equivalent diameter less than 5 micrometers represent less than 5%,
the boron carbide grains with an equivalent diameter greater than 60 micrometers represent more than 15% and less than 30%, and
more than 80% of the grains with an equivalent diameter greater than 60 micrometers are boron carbide grains.