Abstract:
A silicon carbide ceramic having crystalline grain boundary phases is prepared by heating a composition comprising silicon carbide, a silicate glass and a high metal content transition metal silicide, to a temperature of 1300° to 2100 °C under vacuum until oxygen is removed from the glass as SiO gas, and the glass that remains within the silicon carbide ceramic crystallizes.
Abstract:
A silicon carbide ceramic having crystalline grain boundary phases is prepared by heating a composition comprising silicon carbide, a silicate glass and a high metal content transition metal silicide, to a temperature of 1300° to 2100 °C under vacuum until oxygen is removed from the glass as SiO gas, and the glass that remains within the silicon carbide ceramic crystallizes.