Intrinsic reaction and self-diffusion kinetics for silicon carbide synthesis by rapid carbothermal reduction

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2273-2280

  Johnson, Jacob A ^a   Hrenya, Christine M ^a   Weimer, Alan W ^a,b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ARGON; BORON CARBIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; RATE CONSTANTS; REDUCTION; SILICA; SINTERING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

RAPID CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTIONS (RCR);

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0036740485     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2002.tb00447.x     Document Type: Article

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