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Preparation of porous SiC-ceramics by sol–gel and spark plasma sintering

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A method for the production of porous SiC-ceramics from finely dispersed starting system SiO2–C by means of single-stage carbothermal process involving spark plasma sintering at moderate temperatures (≤1800 °C) is proposed. Synthesis of finely-dispersed SiO2–C system was performed by sol–gel as follows: tetraethoxysilane was hydrolyzed in the presence of polymeric source of carbon (phenolformaldehyde resin) with the subsequent drying and thermal treatment under inert atmosphere at 850 °C. The density of the obtained ceramic samples was found to vary within the range 1.43–1.84 g·cm−3 depending on the experimental conditions (the estimated porosity amounted to 42–55%). Ultimate compression strength was measured to be 94–279 MPa. Thermal behavior of materials in air flow up to 1400 °C, as well as microstructure and volumetric pore distribution (X-ray computerized microtomography), were studied.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research [grants no. 13-03-12206-ofi_m, 14-03-31002-mol_a].

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  1. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky pr., Moskow, 119991, Russia

    Elizaveta P. Simonenko, Nikolay P. Simonenko, Vladimir G. Sevastyanov & Nikolay T. Kuznetsov

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 159 pr. 100-letiya Vladivostoka, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    Eugeniy K. Papynov, Oleg O. Shichalin, Andrey V. Golub, Vitaliy Yu Mayorov & Valentin A. Avramenko

  3. Far Eastern Federal University, 8 Suhanova St., Vladivostok, 690950, Russia

    Eugeniy K. Papynov, Oleg O. Shichalin, Andrey V. Golub, Vitaliy Yu Mayorov & Valentin A. Avramenko

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Simonenko, E.P., Simonenko, N.P., Papynov, E.K. et al. Preparation of porous SiC-ceramics by sol–gel and spark plasma sintering. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 82, 748–759 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-017-4367-2

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