OXIDE-CONTAINING MINERAL FIBERS: TYPES, METHODS OF PRODUCTION, APPLICATION AND MANUFACTURERS (REVIEW)

Abstract

The article provides an overview of mineral oxide fibers of various chemical composition: aluminosilicate, alumina, silica, bio-soluble, zirconium oxide fibers and others. Methods for producing discrete and continuous fibers, such as spinning fibers from melts, sol-gel technology, spinning from solutions of metal salts, etc., are described. filtration for alumino-silicate and bio-soluble fibers; thermal insulation up to 1600 or 2000 C and reinforcement of composites used in the aerospace and defense industries for alumina fibers and fibers based on zirconium dioxide, etc. Producers of mineral oxide-containing fibers and products based on them abroad and in Russia are represented.