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Novel polycarbosilazanes (PCSZs) were prepared by stepwise synthesis and thermal crosslinking of polysilasilazane (PSSZ) copolymers. Their pyrolysis under inert gas, producing Si-C-N ceramics, was investigated up to 1600 °C by analyses performed on the solids (elemental analysis; EPMA; TGA, density; 1H, 13C and 29Si solid state NMR, i.r. XRD, electrical conductivity) and analyses of the evolved gases (gas chromatography and mass spectrometry). From 250 to 450 °C, a first strong weight loss was observed, which was due to the formation and elimination of low-boiling-point oligomers. The weight loss closely depends on the cross-linking degree of the ceramic precursor resulting from the PSSZ/PCSZ conversion. Then, the organic/inorganic transition took place between 500 and 800 °C, proceeding via evolution of gases (mainly H2 and CH4) and yielding a hydrogenated silicon carbonitride. This residue remained stable up to 1250 °C although it progressively lost its residual hydrogen as the temperature was raised. Then, crystallization occurred between 1250 and 1400 °C, yielding β-SiC crystals surrounded by free-carbon cage-like structures. Finally, above 1400 °C, the remaining amorphous Si-C-N matrix underwent a decomposition process accompanied by nitrogen evolution and a second substantial weight loss. At 1600 °C, the pyrolytic residue was a mixture of β-SiC and free carbon. So, the amorphous silicon carbonitride resulting from the pyrolysis of PCSZ precursors was found to be appreciably more thermally stable than the previously reported Si-C-O ceramic obtained by pyrolysis of polycarbosilane precursors.
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Mocaer, D., Pailler, R., Naslain, R. et al. Si-C-N ceramics with a high microstructural stability elaborated from the pyrolysis of new polycarbosilazane precursors. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 2615–2631 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00356196
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