MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS OF ULTRAFINE SILICON-CARBIDE WHISKERS

Authors
DAI CH ZHANG XP ZHANG JS YANG YJ CAO LH XIA F
Citation
Ch. Dai et al., MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS OF ULTRAFINE SILICON-CARBIDE WHISKERS, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 80(5), 1997, pp. 1274-1276
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of the American Ceramic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027820
Volume
80
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1274 - 1276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7820(1997)80:5<1274:MSOUSW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Silicon carbide (SiC) whiskers were formed by microwave and convention al heating in the present study. SiC whiskers with diameters in the na nometer range were synthesized by reducing silica (SiO2) with various forms of carbon in a microwave furnace. Ultrafine SiO2 powder, char, p henol-formaldehyde resin, and carbon black were used as starting mater ials. The effects of temperature and type of heating an the production of SiC whiskers, as well as the role of carbon, are discussed here.