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Hexagonal silicon carbide platelets and preforms and methods for making and using same
Assignee: Stemcor Corp
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Filing: 1988-04-22
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Granted: 1991-01-01
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Expires: 2008-04-22
Abstract
Abstract Crystalline silicon carbide wherein at least 90 weight percent of the silicon carbide is formed from a plurality of hexagonal crystal lattices wherein at least 80 weight percent of the crystals formed from the lattices contain at least a portion of opposing parallel base faces separated by a distance of from 0.5 to 20 microns. The crystals may be in the form of separate particles, e.g. separate platelets, or may comprise an intergrown structure. The crystalline silicon carbide of the invention is produced by heating a porous alpha silicon carbide precursor composition comprising silicon and carbon in intimate contact to a temperature of from 2100° C. to 2500° C. in a non-reactive atmosphere. The materials are high performance materials finding use in reinforcing, high temperature thermal insulating, improvement of thermal shock resistance, and modification of electrical properties.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfgang D. G. Boecker
- 👤 Stephen Chwastiak
- 👤 Tadeusz M. Korzekwa
- 👤 Sai-Kwing Lau
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 15:07
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y30/00; C; C01; C01B; C01B32/00; C01B32/90; C01B32/914; C01B32/956; C01B32/963; C01B32/97; C30; C30B; C30B25/00; C30B29/00; C30B29/60; C01P; C01P2004/00; C01P2004/01; C01P2004/03; C01P2004/20; C01P2004/22; C01P2004/54; C01P2004/60; C01P2004/61; C01P2004/62; C01P2004/64
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of producing hexagonally shaped platelets of alpha silicon carbide comprising: A. Mixing together powdered silica, finely divided carbon of from 0.005 and 2 microns average particle size and finely divided boron or a boron-containing compound of from 0.4 to 5 microns average particle size, the amount of SIO 2 to C being from about 90 to 110 percent of stoichiometric as per reaction SIO 2 +3C=SiC+2CO, the amount of elemental boron being from 0.35 to 3.5 percent based upon silicon; and B. heating the mixture in argon to a temperature of between 2100° and 2500° C. for a time sufficient to convert the mixture into hexagonally shaped platelets of silicon carbide.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
113 words
A method of producing hexagonally shaped platelets of alpha silicon carbide comprising: A. Mixing together powdered silica, finely divided carbon of from 0.005 and 2 microns average particle size and finely divided boron or a boron-containing compound of from 0.4 to 5 microns average particle size, the amount of SIO 2 to C being from about 90 to 110 percent of stoichiometric as per reaction SIO 2 +3C=SiC+2CO, the amount of elemental boron being from 0.35 to 3.5 percent based upon silicon; and B. heating the mixture in argon to a temperature of between 2100° and 2500° C. for a time sufficient to convert the mixture into hexagonally shaped platelets of silicon carbide.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
195 words
The method of producing a crystalline silicon carbide product wherein at least 90 weight percent of the product is in the form of a plurality of hexagonal crystal lattices and wherein at least 80 weight percent of the crystals formed from the lattices contain at least a portion of opposing parallel base faces separated by a distance of from 0.5 to 20 microns, said method comprising heating a porous silicon carbide precursor composition comprising silicon and carbon in intimate contact to a temperature of from 2100° C. to 2500° C. in the presence of a hexagonal crystal growth control additive and in a non-reactive atmosphere, for a time sufficient to cause formation of said crystals, wherein the growth control additive is selected from boron, aluminum and mixtures thereof and wherein the growth control additive is present in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 5 percent by weight of silicon in the precursor composition and wherein the precursor composition is an intimate mixture of from about 58 to about 66 weight percent silica with from about 34 to 42 weight percent carbon and wherein the silica is obtained by ashing seed hulls in air.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
195 words
The method of producing a crystalline silicon carbide product wherein at least 90 weight percent of the product is in the form of a plurality of hexagonal crystal lattices and wherein at least 80 weight percent of the crystals formed from the lattices contain at least a portion of opposing parallel base faces separated by a distance of from 0.5 to 20 microns, said method comprising heating a porous silicon carbide precursor composition comprising silicon and carbon in intimate contact to a temperature of from 2100° C. to 2500° C. in the presence of a hexagonal crystal growth control additive and in a non-reactive atmosphere, for a time sufficient to cause formation of said crystals, wherein the growth control additive is selected from boron, aluminum and mixtures thereof and wherein the growth control additive is present in an amount of from about 0.3 to about 5 percent by weight of silicon in the precursor composition and wherein the precursor composition is an intimate mixture of from about 58 to about 66 weight percent silica with from about 34 to 42 weight percent carbon and wherein the silica is obtained by ashing seed hulls in air.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the seed hulls are rice hulls.
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