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A polymeric precursor route to non-oxide ceramics that involves pyroly
zing an organic/inorganic hybrid polymer containing alternating metal
alkoxide and diacetylene units is examined. The Figure is a transmissi
on electron microscopy image showing the 20-50 nm TiC nanoparticles th
at result from processing the titanium polymeric precursor at 1400 deg
rees C for 2 h in argon.