Preparation of SiC powders by carbothermal reduction with bamboo charcoal as renewable carbon source

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Bamboo charcoal was expected to be a renewable carbon source for carbide materials in carbothermal reduction because of its superior characteristics. SiC powders with characteristic shapes were fabricated by carbothermal reduction with industrial silica sol and bamboo charcoal particles as silicon and carbon sources respectively, and the effects of reacting temperature and time on shape evolutions and properties of the as-prepared SiC powders were investigated. The silica sol/bamboo charcoal system was firstly transformed into SiO₂/C system by the transition of silica sol and graphitization of bamboo charcoal, and the carbothermal reduction between SiO₂ and C occurred at/above 1600?℃. The characteristic shapes of SiC particles were transformed from string-beads-like to dumbbell-like and rod-like with the increase of reacting temperature. The prepared SiC powders are expected to become new raw material for silicon carbide ceramic composites.

Key words： carbides chemical synthesis X-ray diffraction (XRD) microstructure

Received: 23 January 2013 Published: 10 September 2015

Corresponding Authors: Hui YANG

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Xingzhong GUO,Lin ZHU,Wenyan LI, et al. Preparation of SiC powders by carbothermal reduction with bamboo charcoal as renewable carbon source[J]. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2013, 2(2): 128-134.

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XRD patterns of bamboo charcoal after heat treatment at different temperatures.

TEM photo of bamboo charcoal heat-treated at 1800?℃.

XRD patterns of the prepared SiC powders at different reacting temperatures and time.

IR spectra of the prepared SiC powders at different reacting temperatures and time.

SEM images of the prepared SiC at (a) room temperature, (b) 1400?℃, (c) 1600?℃, and (d) 1800?℃.

SEM images of the prepared SiC at 1800?℃ for (a) 1 h, (b) 2 h, (c) 4 h, (d) 6 h, and (e) 8 h.

TEM images and SEAD patterns of typical SiC crystals.

Photo of the as-prepared SiC powders by carbothermal reduction at 1800?℃ for 2?h.

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