Microwave Processing of Diamond–Carbide Silicon Composite

A. S. Dolgin^a^,*, M. V. Keskinova^a^,^b, S. P. Bogdanov^b, and M. M. Sychev^a^,^b

^aGrebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia

^bSt. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University), St. Petersburg, 198013 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: dolgin.andrey@inbox.ru

Received 14 October, 2022

Abstract—To improve the characteristics, samples of diamond–carbide silicon composite were subjected to microwave processing. The products were placed in a microwave oven chamber, in a zone with maximum electric field intensity. As a result of processing, it was possible to increase the density of samples by 7%, as well as reduce porosity by more than an order of magnitude.

Keywords: diamond–carbide silicon composite, microwave processing

DOI: 10.1134/S1087659622600685