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HIGH-STRENGTH SiC and Si3N4 sintered bodies have been studied for their application as high-temperature structural materials1. A high-strength SiC sintered body using an organometallic polymer as the binder has been reported2. A feature of this method is that polycarbosilane (PC) as the binder is converted into fine-particle inorganic β-SiC by heat-treatment, which fills the grain boundaries of the matrix SiC. In this way, with a hard-to-sinter material such as SiC or Si3N4, a sintered body with excellent mechanical strength can be produced at relatively low temperature without using a hot press. We recently synthesised a particular form of polyborodiphenylsiloxane (PB)p, an organometallic polymer, which is very effective as a binder. Using this binder, SiC and Si3N4 sintered bodies of high mechanical strengths could be successfully obtained. These results are outlined here.
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YAJIMA, S., SHISHIDO, T. & HAMANO, M. SiC and Si3N4 sintered bodies with new borodiphenylsiloxane polymers as binder. Nature 266, 522–524 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/266522a0
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