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Amorphous silicon nitride composition containing carbon, and vapor phase process
Assignee: EIDP Inc
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Filing: 1975-05-28
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Granted: 1977-07-19
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Expires: 1995-05-28
Abstract
Abstract An amorphous silicon nitride composition consisting essentially of from 95.0% to 99.9% by weight of amorphous silicon nitride and from 0.1% to 5.0% of carbon prepared by the vapor phase reaction of silicon tetrachloride, ammonia, and a gaseous hydrocarbon at temperatures from 1000 DEG C. to 1500 DEG C. This composition is particularly useful in the preparation of fully dense ceramics requiring high strength at elevated temperatures.
Inventors
- 👤 Howard Wayne Jacobson
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-24 06:32
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B21/00; C01B21/06; C01B21/068; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/58; C04B35/584; C04B35/597; C01P; C01P2002/00; C01P2002/02; C01P2002/70; C01P2002/72; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
An amorphous silicon nitride composition consisting essentially of from 0.1% to 5.0% by weight of carbon, the remainder being 95.0% to 99.9% by weight of silicon nitride, Si 3 N 4 , the carbon being uniformly distributed within the silicon-nitrogen bonds in the amorphous silicon nitride, said composition crystallizing upon heating in an inert atmosphere to a crystallizing temperature to form a crystallized powder which is at least 50% by weight in the β-Si 3 N 4 phase, the remainder being in the α-Si 3 N 4 phase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
An amorphous silicon nitride composition consisting essentially of from 0.1% to 5.0% by weight of carbon, the remainder being 95.0% to 99.9% by weight of silicon nitride, Si 3 N 4 , the carbon being uniformly distributed within the silicon-nitrogen bonds in the amorphous silicon nitride, said composition crystallizing upon heating in an inert atmosphere to a crystallizing temperature to form a crystallized powder which is at least 50% by weight in the β-Si 3 N 4 phase, the remainder being in the α-Si 3 N 4 phase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
An amorphous silicon nitride composition according to claim 1 wherein the carbon is present in an amount from 0.3% to 1.0% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
An amorphous silicon nitride composition according to claim 1 wherein the carbon is present in an amount from 0.4% to 0.5% by weight.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
88 words
Vapor phase process for preparing an amorphous silicon nitride composition according to claim 1 by the steps of (i) intimately contacting gaseous silicon tetrachloride (SiCl 4 ), gaseous ammonia (NH 3 ) and a gaseous hydrocarbon at a temperature from 1000° C. to 1500° C., wherein the hydrocarbon does not substantially decompose to form carbon prior to reaction of SiCl 4 and NH 3 to form silicon nitride, (ii) condensing the products of the vapor phase reaction of step (i) and (iii) recovering the amorphous silicon nitride composition.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
Vapor phase process according to claim 4 wherein in step (i) the temperature is from 1200° C. to 1300° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
Vapor phase process according to claim 4 wherein in step (iii) the amorphous silicon nitride is recovered by passing molecular nitrogen through the products of step (ii) at a temperature from 700° C. to 1050° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
Vapor phase process according to claim 4 wherein in step (iii) the amorphous silicon nitride is recovered by passing a mixture of molecular nitrogen and CH 4 through the products of step (ii) at a temperature from 700° C. to 1050° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
Vapor phase process according to claim 4 wherein in step (i) the gaseous hydrocarbon contains from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and from 4 to 14 hydrogen atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
Vapor phase process according to claim 8 wherein the gaseous hydrocarbon is methane (CH 4 ).
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