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Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method

This paper reported on the work performed to study the formation of silicon nitride and silicon carbide whiskers using the carbothermal nitridation process. A distinctive aspect of the present study lies in the use of the mechanical milling method to alter the regularity of the crystalline network o...

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Main Authors: Mustapha, Mazli, Othman, E. Abu, Norsal, K., Mustapha, Faizal, Mamat, Othman, Ramesh, Singh
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28653/1/Carbothermal%20nitridation%20process%20of%20mechanically%20milled%20silica%20sand%20using%20Taguchi.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.286532015-10-07T06:29:34Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28653/ Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method Mustapha, Mazli Othman, E. Abu Norsal, K. Mustapha, Faizal Mamat, Othman Ramesh, Singh This paper reported on the work performed to study the formation of silicon nitride and silicon carbide whiskers using the carbothermal nitridation process. A distinctive aspect of the present study lies in the use of the mechanical milling method to alter the regularity of the crystalline network of the silica sand. In order to optimise the processing parameters for the synthesis of silicon carbide, the concept of Taguchi's Design of Experiments was considered, the analysis being based on Taguchi's signal to noise ratio and variance techniques to obtain optimum combination of process parameters. Important factors influencing the formation of silicon carbide were the duration of the mechanical milling, followed by temperature, time and heating rate. Elsevier 2013-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28653/1/Carbothermal%20nitridation%20process%20of%20mechanically%20milled%20silica%20sand%20using%20Taguchi.pdf Mustapha, Mazli and Othman, E. Abu and Norsal, K. and Mustapha, Faizal and Mamat, Othman and Ramesh, Singh (2013) Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method. Ceramics International, 39 (6). pp. 6119-6130. ISSN 0272-8842; ESSN: 1873-3956 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.01.030
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description This paper reported on the work performed to study the formation of silicon nitride and silicon carbide whiskers using the carbothermal nitridation process. A distinctive aspect of the present study lies in the use of the mechanical milling method to alter the regularity of the crystalline network of the silica sand. In order to optimise the processing parameters for the synthesis of silicon carbide, the concept of Taguchi's Design of Experiments was considered, the analysis being based on Taguchi's signal to noise ratio and variance techniques to obtain optimum combination of process parameters. Important factors influencing the formation of silicon carbide were the duration of the mechanical milling, followed by temperature, time and heating rate.
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author Mustapha, Mazli
Othman, E. Abu
Norsal, K.
Mustapha, Faizal
Mamat, Othman
Ramesh, Singh
spellingShingle Mustapha, Mazli
Othman, E. Abu
Norsal, K.
Mustapha, Faizal
Mamat, Othman
Ramesh, Singh
Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
author_facet Mustapha, Mazli
Othman, E. Abu
Norsal, K.
Mustapha, Faizal
Mamat, Othman
Ramesh, Singh
author_sort Mustapha, Mazli
title Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
title_short Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
title_full Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
title_fullStr Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
title_full_unstemmed Carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using Taguchi's method
title_sort carbothermal nitridation process of mechanically milled silica sand using taguchi's method
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2013
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28653/1/Carbothermal%20nitridation%20process%20of%20mechanically%20milled%20silica%20sand%20using%20Taguchi.pdf
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