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Title: High-yield synthesis of B/sub 4/C/BN ceramic materials by pyrolysis of polymeric Lewis base adducts of decaborane(14). Technical report

Abstract

In previous work, the authors developed useful polymeric precursors whose pyrolysis provides high yields of silicon nitride or silicon nitride/silicon carbide blends. The main applications of such preceramic polymers (preparation of ceramic fibers and coatings and their use as binders for ceramic powders) require that the polymeric precursor be processable, i.e., soluble in organic solvents and or fusible. Although the major efforts of workers in the preceramic polymer area have, to date, been directed toward the development of useful precursors for silicon carbide, silicon nitride, silicon carbonitride and silicon oxynitride, boron containing ceramics (the carbide, nitride, phosphides, silicides and others) are class of ceramic materials whose properties are very attractive in terms of high-technology applications. Thus, boron carbide has exceptional thermal stability (mp 2450 C), a microhardness of 4.05 GPa (vs 2.53 GPa for SiC), high compressive strength, and radiation stability. Various routes exist for the preparation of boron carbide and boron nitride. For boron carbide, however, none of these proceed by way of a processable intermediate. For boron nitride, preparative routes based on the pyrolysis of silicon substituted, oligomeric borazines and of a boric acid/1,2,3-propanetriol condensation product have been reported. We report the results of our initial efforts tomore » develop processible polymeric precursors whose pyrolysis gives boron-containing ceramic materials in high yield. The initial objective of our research was the preparation and evaluation of polymers which would serve as precursors for boron carbide or blends of boron carbide and boron nitride.« less

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
OSTI Identifier:
5418774
Report Number(s):
AD-A-188154/9/XAB; TR-24
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; BORON CARBIDES; SYNTHESIS; BORON NITRIDES; BINDERS; BORON; CARBIDES; COATINGS; NITRIDES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOSPHIDES; POLYMERS; POWDERS; PYROLYSIS; SILICIDES; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON NITRIDES; STABILITY; BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ELEMENTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES; SEMIMETALS; SOLVENTS; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; 360201* - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Preparation & Fabrication; 360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture

Citation Formats

Rees, W S, and Seyferth, D. High-yield synthesis of B/sub 4/C/BN ceramic materials by pyrolysis of polymeric Lewis base adducts of decaborane(14). Technical report. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Rees, W S, & Seyferth, D. High-yield synthesis of B/sub 4/C/BN ceramic materials by pyrolysis of polymeric Lewis base adducts of decaborane(14). Technical report. United States.
Rees, W S, and Seyferth, D. 1987. "High-yield synthesis of B/sub 4/C/BN ceramic materials by pyrolysis of polymeric Lewis base adducts of decaborane(14). Technical report". United States.
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abstractNote = {In previous work, the authors developed useful polymeric precursors whose pyrolysis provides high yields of silicon nitride or silicon nitride/silicon carbide blends. The main applications of such preceramic polymers (preparation of ceramic fibers and coatings and their use as binders for ceramic powders) require that the polymeric precursor be processable, i.e., soluble in organic solvents and or fusible. Although the major efforts of workers in the preceramic polymer area have, to date, been directed toward the development of useful precursors for silicon carbide, silicon nitride, silicon carbonitride and silicon oxynitride, boron containing ceramics (the carbide, nitride, phosphides, silicides and others) are class of ceramic materials whose properties are very attractive in terms of high-technology applications. Thus, boron carbide has exceptional thermal stability (mp 2450 C), a microhardness of 4.05 GPa (vs 2.53 GPa for SiC), high compressive strength, and radiation stability. Various routes exist for the preparation of boron carbide and boron nitride. For boron carbide, however, none of these proceed by way of a processable intermediate. For boron nitride, preparative routes based on the pyrolysis of silicon substituted, oligomeric borazines and of a boric acid/1,2,3-propanetriol condensation product have been reported. We report the results of our initial efforts to develop processible polymeric precursors whose pyrolysis gives boron-containing ceramic materials in high yield. The initial objective of our research was the preparation and evaluation of polymers which would serve as precursors for boron carbide or blends of boron carbide and boron nitride.},
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year = {Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 1987},
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