Journal of Inorganic Materials

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One-step Synthesis of High Purity Silicon Carbide Powder

YE Xin-Nan1, ZHAO Zhong-Ling2, LAN Lin1, HUANG Jin-Qiu1, LIN Kun-Lun1, CHEN Li-Fu1   

  1. 1. Advanced Materials Laboratory, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China; 2. Heilongjiang Worker University of Electric Power, Harbin 100530, China
  • Received:2007-03-29 Revised:2007-05-25 Published:2008-03-20 Online:2008-03-20

Abstract: Silicon carbide (SiC) powder was synthesized from liquid silicon in one step at the presence of a catalyst bar consisting of silica and carbon. The silicon carbide powders were formed by the carbothermal reaction between liquid silicon and gaseous CO, and the average particle size (D50) of the as-prepared silicon carbide powder was 0.41μm. The powder was characterized by XRD, SEM, particle size analysis and elemental analysis. The mechanism for the formation of the silicon carbide powder was discussed.

Key words: silicon carbide powder, liquid silicon, gas-phase reaction, liquid-phase reaction, carbothermal reduction

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