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A carbon template has been silicided with gaseous SiO at 1350°C in vacuum using a mixture of silicon and silicon dioxide powders as a SiO source and pyrolyzed birch wood as a carbon template. The results demonstrate the feasibility of producing biomorphic SiC whose microstructure replicates the structure of the carbon template. The material thus obtained has a porosity of about 80% and an axial compressive strength of 35 MPa.
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Original Russian Text © E.I. Istomina, P.V. Istomin, A.V. Nadutkin, 2013, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 10, pp. 1060–1064.
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Istomina, E.I., Istomin, P.V. & Nadutkin, A.V. Preparation of biomorphic SiC. Inorg Mater 49, 984–987 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168513090070
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