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Sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride articles and method of making such articles
Assignee: Stemcor Corp
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Filing: 1980-12-19
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Granted: 1982-06-01
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Expires: 2000-12-19
Abstract
Abstract Sintered ceramic products comprised of from about 55 to about 99.5 percent by weight of silicon carbide co-sintered with from about 0.5 to about 45 percent by weight aluminum nitride containing a dispersion of free carbon in amounts between about 0.5 and about 4.0 percent by weight of the product are described. The sintered products have a bulk density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide. The products are produced by sintering, under substantially pressureless conditions, mixtures of silicon carbide, carbon, or a carbon source material, and aluminum nitride. The aluminum nitride component, in ranges of from about 3.0 to about 45 percent, may be initially mixed with the silicon carbide and carbon or carbon source material. In ranges of from about 0.5 to about 3.0 percent, the aluminum nitride component may be added to the mixture in vapor form during sintering.
Inventors
- 👤 Yorihiro Murata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 12:54
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/56; C04B35/565; C04B35/58; C04B35/581; C04B35/622; C04B35/64
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of producing a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a mixture of finely-divided silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, and carbon, or a carbon source material, (b) shaping said mixture into an initial green body by cold pressing, (c) crushing and reforming the initial green body into a second green body, (d) sintering the second green body under substantially pressureless conditions in an inert atmosphere at a temperature between about 1900° and about 2250° C., and (e) recovering a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product having a density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
109 words
A method of producing a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a mixture of finely-divided silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, and carbon, or a carbon source material, (b) shaping said mixture into an initial green body by cold pressing, (c) crushing and reforming the initial green body into a second green body, (d) sintering the second green body under substantially pressureless conditions in an inert atmosphere at a temperature between about 1900° and about 2250° C., and (e) recovering a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product having a density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the mixture of silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, and carbon is comprised of from about 55.0 to about 99.5 percent by weight silicon carbide, from about 0.5 to about 45.0 percent aluminum nitride, and from about 0.5 to about 10.0 percent by weight carbon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the particle size of the silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, and carbon components is less than 5 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the carbon component is in the form of a carbonizable organic material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the carbonizable organic material is a phenolic resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the cold pressing step is carried out at pressures between about 12,000 and about 18,000 psi.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 which includes a sintering aid of boron or a boron source material added to the initial mixture in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the silicon carbide component.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the atmosphere during sintering contains at least about 10 -7 atmospheres of boron.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of producing a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a mixture of finely-divided silicon carbide and carbon, or a carbon source material, (b) shaping said mixture into a green body by cold pressing, (c) sintering said green body under substantially pressureless conditions in an inert atmosphere containing from about 5·10 -5 to about 1·10 -3 atmospheres of aluminum nitride at a temperature between about 1900° and about 2250° C., and (d) recovering a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product having a density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of producing a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product which comprises the steps of: (a) forming a mixture of finely-divided silicon carbide and carbon, or a carbon source material, (b) shaping said mixture into a green body by cold pressing, (c) sintering said green body under substantially pressureless conditions in an inert atmosphere containing from about 5·10 -5 to about 1·10 -3 atmospheres of aluminum nitride at a temperature between about 1900° and about 2250° C., and (d) recovering a co-sintered silicon carbide - aluminum nitride product having a density of at least 75 percent of the theoretical density of silicon carbide.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the mixture of silicon carbide and carbon is comprised of from about 90.0 to about 99.0 percent by weight silicon carbide and from about 1.0 to about 10.0 percent by weight carbon.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the particle size of the silicon carbide, aluminum nitride, and carbon components is less than 5 microns.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the carbon component is in the form of a carbonizable organic material.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the carbonizable organic material is a phenolic resin.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the cold pressing step is carried out at pressures between about 12,000 and about 18,000 psi.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 9 which includes a sintering aid of boron or a boron source material added to the initial mixture in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 5.0 percent by weight of the silicon carbide component.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the atmosphere during sintering contains at least about 10 -7 atmospheres of boron.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the initial green body of step (b) is crushed and reformed into a second green body.
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