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Method of producing silicon carbide bodies

Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich
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Filing: 1982-02-24
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Granted: 1984-02-21
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Expires: 2002-02-24
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Abstract

Abstract A significant improvement of the silicon impregnation depth of a carbon precursor body in the siliconizing thereof to make a silicon carbide body is obtained, as well as an accelerated conversion into silicon carbide if activated carbon is used in whole or in part as the carbon powder component of the precursor body. The molding material is preferably 20 to 60% by weight of binder and 20 to 70% activated carbon. This molding material may also usefully contain 10 to 60% by weight of α-silicon carbide, which may be previously made by siliconizing carbon powder.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ashok K. Gupta
  • 👤 Erno Gyarmati
  • 👤 Hermann Kreutz
  • 👤 Rudolf Munzer
  • 👤 Aristides Naoumidis
  • 👤 Hubertus Nickel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 23:29
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/515; C04B35/56; C04B35/565; C04B35/573

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 70 words
Method of making silicon carbide bodies by impregnating and siliconizing with molten silicon, or by siliconizing with gaseous silicon, a precursor carbon-containing body incorporating a coked binder, in which method there is the improvement that a carbon powder which contains at least 20% by weight of activated carbon is the starting material which together with said binder, before coking of said binder, is used for molding the carbon-containing precursor body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 70 words
Method of making silicon carbide bodies by impregnating and siliconizing with molten silicon, or by siliconizing with gaseous silicon, a precursor carbon-containing body incorporating a coked binder, in which method there is the improvement that a carbon powder which contains at least 20% by weight of activated carbon is the starting material which together with said binder, before coking of said binder, is used for molding the carbon-containing precursor body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
Method as defined in claim 1, in which the molding material from which said carbon-containing precursor body is produced contains between 20 and 60% by weight of a cokable binder, and between 20 and 70% of activated carbon.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 87 words
Method of making silicon carbide bodies by impregnating and siliconizing with molten silicon or by siliconizing with gaseous silicon, a precursor carbon-containing body also containing α-silicon carbide and incorporating a coked binder, in which method there is the improvement that a mixture of carbon powder, which contains at least 20% by weight of activated carbon, with 10 to 60% by weight of α-silicon carbide powder, is the starting material which together with said binder, before coking of said binder, is used for molding the carbon-containing precursor body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 87 words
Method of making silicon carbide bodies by impregnating and siliconizing with molten silicon or by siliconizing with gaseous silicon, a precursor carbon-containing body also containing α-silicon carbide and incorporating a coked binder, in which method there is the improvement that a mixture of carbon powder, which contains at least 20% by weight of activated carbon, with 10 to 60% by weight of α-silicon carbide powder, is the starting material which together with said binder, before coking of said binder, is used for molding the carbon-containing precursor body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 37 words
Method as defined in claim 3 in which the molding material from which said precursor body is made contains between 20 and 60% by weight of a cokable binder and between 20 and 70% of activated carbon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 24 words
Method as defined in claim 2 in which the molding material from which said precursor body is produced contains about 30% of cokable binder.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
Method as defined in claim 4 in which the molding material from which said precursor body is produced contains about 40% of activated carbon.

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