title: A study of silicon carbide synthesis from waste serpentine.
abstract: There are 60000 tons of serpentine wastes produced in year 2004 in Taiwan. This is due to the well-developed joints in the serpentine ore body as well as the stringent requirements of the particle size and chemical composition of serpentine by iron making company. The waste also creates considerable environmental problems. The purpose of this study is reutilization of waste serpentine to produce a high value silica powder after acid leaching. These siliceous microstructure products obtained from serpentine would be responsible for high reactivity and characteristic molecular sieving effect. In this study, the amorphous silica powder was then synthesized to silicon carbide with the C/SiO(2) molar ratio of 3. The experiment results show that silicon carbide can be synthesized in 1550 degrees C. The formed silicon carbide was whisker beta type SiC which can be used as raw materials for industry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. twcheng@ntut.edu.tw
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine / Q000737:chemistry*; D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D017632:Asbestos, Serpentine; D017554:Carbon Compounds, Inorganic; D007220:Industrial Waste; D017655:Silicon Compounds; C022088:silicon carbide