| abstract |
A ceramic fiber and a shrink resistant article manufactured therefrom. The fiber comprises at least 80 weight percent of a refractory compound selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, aluminum silicate, titania, zirconia, zirconium silicate and mixtures thereof and which comprises less than 5 combined weight percent of alkali or alkaline metal oxide or alkali or alkaline metal silicate. The fiber is uniformly coated with from about 0.01 to about 5 weight percent of Cr 2 O 3 . |