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Preparation of high-porous SiC ceramics from polymeric composites based on diatomite powder

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High-porous SiC ceramics (density 0.50–0.58 g/cm3, porosity 82–84 %, compressive stress at break 3.7–6.3 MPa) was prepared by means of polymeric technology and natural raw material (diatomite powder, “Biosilica” grade) at the temperature of carbothermal synthesis (1400 °C). It was shown that the main phase was silicon carbide with a small (<5 %) impurity of FeSi; SiC crystallite size was found to be 23–30 nm. Using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray computerized microtomography, and dynamic light scattering in aqueous suspensions of powders obtained at ultrasonic exposure, it was shown that SiC nanoparticles in the samples were aggregated to a great extent. The degree of aggregation strongly depends on SiO2-C ratio in the starting samples.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grants No. 12-03-33005-mol_a_ved, 13-03-12206-ofi_m, 14-03-31002-mol_a) and a grant of the President of the Russian Federation MK-1435.2013.3.

The authors are grateful to Scientific Center for New Catalytic Technologies (SCNCT) of the Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies for assistance in determination of surface areas of the specimens.

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    E. P. Simonenko, N. P. Simonenko, V. G. Sevastyanov & N. T. Kuznetsov

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technology, 86 pr. Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119576, Russia

    E. P. Simonenko, M. A. Zharkov, N. L. Shembel & I. D. Simonov-Emel’yanov

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Simonenko, E.P., Simonenko, N.P., Zharkov, M.A. et al. Preparation of high-porous SiC ceramics from polymeric composites based on diatomite powder. J Mater Sci 50, 733–744 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8633-1

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