Development of Technologies of Silicon Carbide Producing (Review)

Abstract

The article provides a brief overview of industrial technologies and scientific research of the silicon carbide production process. Research on the production of finely dispersed, porous and nano-sized silicon carbide is carried out in leading scientific institutions of the world. The main scientific tasks currently facing researchers are to reduce energy consumption, increase the environmental safety of industrial technologies, improve purity of the finished product. One of the promising methods for producing silicon carbide is the carbothermal reduction of silica encapsulated with pyrocarbon in reactors with an electrothermal fluidized bed.