“…Another ¢-SiC powder (SiC C) was supplied by Ibiden Co. Ltd., Gifu, Japan: chemical composition-SiC 97.35 mass %, SiO 2 0.29 mass %, C 2.13 mass %, median size 330 nm, aspect ratio 1.42, true density 3.15 g/cm 3 , specific surface area 18.5 m 2 /g. As-received SiC B and C powders were dispersed at 5 and 20 vol %, respectively, in aqueous solutions with phenylalanine (C 6 20) SiC A powder (¡-SiC) supplied by Yakushima Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Kagoshima, Japan has following characteristics: chemical composition-SiC 98.90 mass %, SiO 2 0.66 mass %, Al 0.004 mass %, Fe 0.013 mass %, free C 0.37 mass %, median size 800 nm, aspect ratio 1.24, true density 3.23 g/cm 3 and specific surface area 13.4 m 2 /g. The zeta potential of SiC A, B and C particles was measured at a constant ionic strength of 0.001 M-NH 4 NO 3 (Rank Mark II, Rank Brothers Ltd., Cambridge, UK).…”