Method for synthesizing aluminum nitride whiskers
US5693305A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC30B25/005
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for making aluminum nitride whiskers comprising reacting a reactant bed of aluminum, alumina, ammonium chloride, with a metal-containing carbon catalyst in the presence of a nitrogen gas flow, such that a direct nitridation reaction, a carbothermal reaction and a transport species reaction occur concurrently.
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