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Physicochemical Features in the Nonisothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured SiC from Hydrothermally Carbonized Rice Husk. I. Nonisothermal Synthesis

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Processing of rice husk into SiC is the most efficient recycling method since it allows both of its constituents to be used: carbon and amorphous silica. Silicon carbide powder is synthesized from hydrothermally carbonized rice husk by nonisothermal heating at a rate of 3–10 °C/min to 1600°C in argon gas.

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Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Vol. 54, Nos. 1–2 (501), pp. 130–140, 2015.

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Korablev, S.F., Korablev, D.S. Physicochemical Features in the Nonisothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured SiC from Hydrothermally Carbonized Rice Husk. I. Nonisothermal Synthesis. Powder Metall Met Ceram 54, 106–114 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11106-015-9686-7

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