Kinetics of synthesis of silicon carbide by carbothermal reduction of silicon dioxide

2000 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.Y. Chen ◽  
C.I. Lin ◽  
S.H. Chen
AIChE Journal ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan W. Weimer ◽  
Kevin J. Nilsen ◽  
Gene A. Cochran ◽  
Raymond P. Roach

Author(s):  
R. J. Lauf

Fuel particles for the High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) contain a layer of pyrolytic silicon carbide to act as a miniature pressure vessel and primary fission product barrier. Optimization of the SiC with respect to fuel performance involves four areas of study: (a) characterization of as-deposited SiC coatings; (b) thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions between SiC and fission products; (c) irradiation behavior of SiC in the absence of fission products; and (d) combined effects of irradiation and fission products. This paper reports the behavior of SiC deposited on inert microspheres and irradiated to fast neutron fluences typical of HTGR fuel at end-of-life.


2000 ◽  
Vol 650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance L. Snead ◽  
Martin Balden

ABSTRACTDensification and crystallization kinetics of bulk SiC amorphized by neutron irradiation is studied. The temperature of crystallization onset of this highly pure, fully amorphous bulk SiC was found to be between 875-885°C and crystallization is nearly complete by 950°C. In-situ TEM imaging confirms the onset of crystallization, though thin-film effects apparently alter the kinetics of crystallization above this temperature. It requires >1125°C for complete crystallization of the TEM foil. Annealing at temperatures between the irradiation and crystallization onset temperature is seen to cause significant densification attributed to a relaxation, or reordering, of the as-amorphized structure.


Author(s):  
Tayaramma D.P.V. Jalluri ◽  
Girish M. Gouda ◽  
Arjun Dey ◽  
B. Rudraswamy ◽  
K.V. Sriram

1987 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1450-1458 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Vinckier ◽  
P. Coeckelberghs ◽  
G. Stevens ◽  
M. Heyns ◽  
S. De Jaegere

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