Material properties of a sintered alpha-SiC

A self-consistent, single-valued representation of the major physical, mechanical, and thermal properties of a sintered alpha-SiC is presented. This comprehensive set of properties is achieved by focusing on a narrowly defined material specification in which boron and carbon are used as sintering aids to produce a dense ceramic (greater than or equal to 98% of the theoretical maximum density) with a grain size of (6+/-2) mu m. Such a representation is highly desirable in applications of concurrent engineering practices and for the increasing use of electronic processing of product specifications. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics and American Chemical Society.