Effect of Carbon Containing Materials on Pure Carbon Reaction-bonded SiC

Petroleum coke, graphite, gas carbon and lower sulfur carbon black were used to prepare reaction-bonded silicon carbide. The influences of different carbon containing materials on properties of carbonaceous precursors, sintering process, and microstructure of the prepared SiC were researched. The results show that:(1)With the density of carbon containing materials increasing, the porosity of carbonaceous precursors decreases and the infiltrating process of liquid silicon is more difficult.(2)The reaction between carbon containing materials and liquid silicon, the volume effect is more obvious with the density of carbon containing materials increasing.(3)As the carbon containing materials density decreasing, residual carbon in reaction bonded SiC also decreases.