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Synthesis and characterization of SiC whiskers from coconut shells
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This article is published in Journal of Materials Science Letters.The article was published on 1998-01-01. It has received 42 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Whiskers.read more
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State-of-the-art on the production and application of carbon nanomaterials from biomass
TL;DR: In this paper, the progress in the technology of the preparation of carbon nanomaterials from biomass in the last few decades is discussed. And the potential market of biomass-based carbon materials is summarized.
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Laser Ablation Synthesis and Optical Characterization of Silicon Carbide Nanowires
TL;DR: In this article, the growth morphology, microstructure, and defects in SiC nanowires were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM).
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A review on the synthesis of SiC from plant-based biomasses
Yi Ling Chiew,Kuan Yew Cheong +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the definition of biomass, pyrolysis of biomass in terms of kinetics and processes, effect of different reaction parameters, pre-treatments available and finally SiC recovery process.
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Biomorphic Al2O3 fibers synthesized using cotton as bio-templates
TL;DR: In this article, the synthetic Al2O3 fibers are infiltrated with AlCl3 solution and subsequently sintered in air at high temperatures to produce the final Al2 O3 fibers.
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Chemistry of one dimensional silicon carbide materials: Principle, production, application and future prospects
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the recent research and trends towards the formation of SiC nanowires via different routes, their characterization and growth mechanism are discussed, and various aspects of synthesis methods for the bulk production of one-dimensional SiC nano-materials have been discussed with respect to quantity and quality.
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Toughening Behavior in Sic-Whisker-Reinforced Alumina
Paul F. Becher,George C. Wei +1 more
TL;DR: The development of hot-pressed Sic-whisker-reinforced alumina has resulted in composites with fracture toughness values ∼;8.7 MPa·m112 at 20 vol% SiC as mentioned in this paper.
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Growth of beta-silicon carbide whiskers by the VLS process
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the growth process of Beta-silicon carbide whiskers along with a general explanantion of the effects of major growth parameters on whisker growth morphology.
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Kinetics of carbothermal reduction synthesis of beta silicon carbide
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the carbon reduction kinetics to synthesize SiC under conditions of high carbon/silica precursor heating rates and minimized reaction times (s) over a wide temperature range (1,848 [le]T[le]2,273 K).
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Synthesis and characterization of SiC whiskers
TL;DR: In this article, three distinctive morphologies of SiC whiskers were observed: thin and straight, thick and bamboo-like, and smooth, and the relationship between the morphological development of the whiskers and stacking fault energy was determined.
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Growth of SiC whiskers in the system SiO2-C-H2nucleated by iron
TL;DR: In this paper, the nucleation, growth and morphology of α- and β-SiC whiskers obtained from silica and carbon in hydrogen between 1200 and 1300°C by a VLS process with iron as an agent were studied.