PERCOLATED MULLITE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME

摘要

A method of producing percolated mullite in a body of material, the method including the step of heating the body of material, wherein the body of material has a composition that includes alumina and silica, and the weight ratio of alumina:silica is from approximately 10:90 to approximately 77:23. The percolated mullite produced extends continuously and/or substantially throughout the entire body of material.