“…Manufacturing of aluminum oxynitride ceramics usually starts with the synthesis of γ-AlON powder with one of the well-known methods, i.e., carbothermal reduction and nitridation (CRN) [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ] or solid-state synthesis (SS) [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ], or one less frequently used, such as aluminothermic reduction and nitridation (ARN) [ 16 , 17 ] or self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. The main drawbacks of the most popular processes are high temperatures of over 1650 °C and prolonged soaking times.…”