Carbon self-propagating synthesis

C. He and G. C. Stangle, The mechanism and kinetics of the niobium-carbon reaction under self-propagating synthesis-like conditions, J. Mater. Res. 1995,10, 2829-2841. 

In this work, we used oxynitride block catalysts produced by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) [3,4] for purification of the gaseous mixtures modeling exhaust gases from carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons,and nitrogen oxide. 

Balaba WM, Weirauch DA, Perrotta AJ, Armstrong GH, Anyalebechi PN, Kauffman S, MacInnes AN, Winner AM, Barron AR, Effect of sUoxane spin-on-glass and reaction bonded silicon oxycarbide coatings with a self-propagating interfacial reaction treatment (aspire) in the synthesis of carbon/graphite fiber-reinforced A1 metal matrix composites, J Mater Res, 8(12), 3192-3201, 1993. 

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