简介:TheCW-CO2laserdrivengasreactionwasappliedtopreparenano-sizedSiCpowder,SiH4andC2H4ofhighpurties,asstartingmaterials,weremixedtacertainrationandintroducedintotheresactioncell.Thegasesflewacrossthelaserbeamorthogonallyandthuswereheatedbylaserbeam.Thenano-sizedSiCultrafinepowderwswereformedthroughthermicgasreation.Thefinalproductivityofthisprocesswas97%,Theobtainedpowderswerecharacterizedandanalyzed.ChemicalanalysisrevealedthattheSiCcontentwas95.38wt%,Oxygen,theprimaryimpurity,weighted1.32%whiletraceimpurities,suchascalcium,magnesiumandothermetals,wereonly0.03%,XRD,XPSandTEMindicatedthatthpowderparticleswerenearlysphericalandnotagglomerated.Theparticlesizerangedfrom10nmto25nmwithanaverageof15nm,Theparticlestredtobenoncrystalline.