Silicon Carbide Products

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Professional team
After more than 20 years of development and experience accumulation. Our union has strong research and development capability, R&D centre is full responsible for test, research and product innovation, with 31 senior engineers, 96 engineers and 179 assistant engineers.


Complete range of products
We produce and operate refractory raw materials, refractory products, ceramic products, graphite electrodes, refractory binders, wear-resistant, acid-resistant and heat-resistant products, special building materials, silicon carbide products, refractory equipment, molds, copper molds, copper tubes, copper plates, Stainless steel products, slag pot, etc., including import and export. Imported calcium stabilized zirconia, yttria stabilized zirconia, quartz sand, graphite, andalusite, zirconium corundum etc.


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Zibo runjin has been persisting in a service philosophy of "Customers's Satisfaction is our eternal pursuit", taken "building a Worldwide first -class refractory manufactures" as the mission, and held "co-creation, co-operation, co-prograss, win-win"as its core values.Relying on management and technology accumulation during past many years, based on its over many years reputation as guarantee. Zibo runjin is doing its best to offer refractory system solutions with values added to achieve co-progress with our customers.


Advanced equipment

There are five high-quality clay high alumina brick production lines, two production lines for andalusite brick and mullite brick, five silica brick production lines, three production lines for continuous casting, One carbon and silicon carbide composite refractory production line ,One production line for tundish stabilizer, impact plate and slag retaining wall, a production line for high-grade light products, Pure oxide refractory production line, Unshaped refractory production line, Non-fired brick refractory product production line.

 

What Is Silicon Carbide

 

 

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a synthetic, semiconducting fine ceramic that excels in a wide cross-section of industrial markets. Manufacturers benefit from an eclectic offering of silicon carbide grades due to the availability of both high-density and open porous structures. Combined with the material's outstanding high-temperature strength and thermal shock resistance, alongside inherently impressive mechanical properties, silicon carbide is one of the most versatile refractory ceramics worldwide.

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What Are the Main Properties of Silicon Carbide

The combination of silicon with carbon provides this material with excellent mechanical, chemical and thermal properties, including:
● High thermal conductivity
● Low thermal expansion and excellent thermal shock resistance
● Low power and switching losses
● High energy efficiency
● High operating frequency and temperature (operating up to 200°c junction)
● Small die size (with the same breakdown voltage)
● Intrinsic body diode
● Excellent thermal management which reduces cooling requirements
● Long lifetime

 

How Is Silicon Carbide Made

 

The simplest silicon carbide manufacturing method involves melting silica sand and carbon, such as coal, at high temperatures―up to 2500 degrees Celsius. Darker, more common versions of silicon carbide often include iron and carbon impurities, but pure SiC crystals are colorless and form when silicon carbide sublimes at 2700 degrees Celsius. Once heated, these crystals deposit onto graphite at a cooler temperature in a process known as the Lely method.


Lely method: During this process, a granite crucible heats to a very high temperature, usually by way of induction, to sublimate silicon carbide powder. A graphite rod with lower temperature suspends in the gaseous mixture, which inherently allows the pure silicon carbide to deposit and form crystals.


Chemical vapor deposition: Alternatively, manufacturers grow cubic SiC using chemical vapor deposition, which is commonly used in carbon-based synthesis processes and used in the semiconductor industry. In this method, a specialized chemical blend of gases enters a vacuum environment and combines before depositing onto a substrate.

 

 

Types of Silicon Carbide

For use in commercial engineering applications Silicon Carbide products are produced in three forms. These are:
● Sintered silicon carbide (SSC)
● Nitride bonded silicon carbide (NBSC)
● Reaction bonded silicon carbide (RBSC)
Other variations of the compound include clay bonded silicon carbide and SiAlON bonded silicon carbide. There is also chemical vapor deposited silicon carbide called CVD Silicon Carbide, which is an extremely pure form of the compound.
To sinter the Silicon Carbide its is necessary to add sintering aids which help to form a liquid phase at the sintering temperature which allows the grains of silicon carbide to bond together.

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What Are the Uses of Silicon Carbide

 

Silicon carbide, also called carborundum, is a compound made from silicon and carbon. This chemical compound is found in a mineral called moissanite.
Although it is difficult to find naturally occurring silicon carbide on earth, it is quite abundant in space. Silicon carbide is one of the most useful chemical compounds in the world today. Its application cuts across a large number of industries.


Silicon carbide used in military bulletproof armor
Silicon carbide is used to manufacture bulletproof armor. The property of this compound that makes it to be applied for such a purpose is its hardness. Bullets and other harmful objects will have to contend with the hard ceramic blocks that silicon carbide forms. Bullets can't penetrate the ceramic blocks.


Silicon carbide used in semiconductors
Silicon carbide becomes a semiconductor when dopants are added to it. Dopants like boron and aluminum added to silicon carbide make it become a p-type semiconductor. On the other hand, dopants such as nitrogen and phosphorus added to silicon carbide make it become an n-type semiconductor.


Silicon carbide used in abrasives
Silicon carbide is commonly used as an abrasive because of how hard it is. It is used in the manufacture of grinding wheels, cutting tools, and sandpaper. Silicon carbide abrasives are usually cheaper than other abrasives of similar quality. The abrasives are used to grind materials such as steel, aluminum, cast iron, and rubber.


Silicon carbide used in electric vehicles
Silicon carbide is a better choice over silicon for powering electric vehicles. Electric vehicles powered by silicon carbide are highly efficient and cost-effective. At present, many well-known companies have used silicon carbide to improve efficiency and range when manufacturing electric vehicles, such as tesla.


Silicon carbide used in jewelry
Structurally similar to diamond, yet more lustrous, cheaper, more durable, and lighter than diamond, silicon carbide is a well-deserved alternative to diamond in the jewelry industry.


Silicon carbide used in fuel
In addition to its other uses, silicon carbide is used as fuel. It is used as a fuel in steel manufacture and produces purer steel than most other fuels. It is also a cheaper and more environmentally-friendly fuel.


Silicon carbide used in LEDs
The first set of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to be produced made use of silicon carbide technology. It was used to manufacture blue, red, and yellow leds. LEDs are used in televisions, display boards, and computers.

 

How Does Beta Silicon Carbide Differ From Alpha Silicon Carbide

 

 

Beta silicon carbide is entirely distinct from alpha silicon carbide, and it shouldn't be confused for one of the 70-something variations of alpha silicon carbide. What distinguishes the two forms of silicon carbide is the microcrystalline structure.
Whereas beta silicon carbide has a cubic microcrystalline structure, alpha crystalline carbide has a spherical microcrystalline structure. Alpha can be further segmented into variants that are more hexagonal or rhombohedral, but these all are variations of a spherical underpinning.
Both beta and alpha silicon carbides retain the quintessential properties of this compound. They both offer electric and heat conduction to an extent, and they both have minimal thermal expansion.
Both also are resistant to high temperatures, although alpha has greater temperature resistance. Alpha silicon carbide is made at temperatures exceeding 2,400°C, whereas beta silicon carbide is normally made in the 1,500 to 1,600°C range. At about 2100°C, beta will convert into alpha.
The different crystalline structure of alpha silicon carbide does give it some different properties than beta, however. Compared to beta silicon carbide, alpha silicon carbide isn't as dense and doesn't have the same self-sharpness.

 

What Are the Advantages of Silicon Carbide

At the foundation, silicon carbide (SiC) is considered a wide-bandgap semiconductor which has its inherent advantages over conventional Si semiconductors. These material properties of SiC result in higher:

 
 

Breakdown field

The higher breakdown field allows the device to withstand higher voltages for a given area. This gives device designers the ability to increase the area devoted to current flow for the same die size which lowers the devices resistance for a given area, Rsp. The devices resistance is directly correlated to the conduction power losses, so a smaller Rsp will result in lower losses, yielding higher efficiency.

 
 
 

Electron drift velocity

Electron drift velocity is how fast the electrons travel in a material due to an electric field. In the case of SiC semiconductors, the electron drift velocity is two times higher than that of Si based semiconductors. The faster the electrons move, the faster the device can switch on and off. A system designer gets two benefits from this faster switching. First, lower power losses during the transition time from on and off. Second, higher switching frequencies allow for the use of smaller magnetics and capacitors.

 
 
 

Thermal conductivity

The thermal conductivity of SiC is roughly three times better than Si and ties all the benefits from the other properties together. Thermal conductivity translates to how fast the heat is transferred from the semiconductor junction to the outside environment. This means that SiC devices can operate up to 200°C compared to the typical 150°C limit of Si.

 

 

 
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After more than 20 years of development and experience accumulation, The main production plants of Runjin technology and trade complex are as follows:
Qingdao Huaye New Material co., ltd.
Shandong Daqiao New Material co., Ltd.
Yangquan Wanglong Refarctories co.Ltd.
Anshan Aoan High Temperature Material Co., Ltd.
It's total assets value has reached 1.05 Billion RMB and currently employs 4078 personnel, including 544 refractory technical personnel and 3145 well trained workers
The annual production capacity has exceeded 30 thousands tons with comprehensive seven series refractories as following: Fire clay bricks, Alumina bricks, Con-casting refractory, Binder for refractory, Fine Ceramics, Graphite electrode, acid resistant brick, Silicon carbon crucible, Silicon carbon plate, Special building material, Cellulose ether, Super chamotte raw material and Synthesized mullite material, Magnesia raw material, etc. Products are applied to worldwide industries of metallurgy, building material, non-ferrous metal smelting, petrochemical, nonferrous, electronics, cement industry and so on. Approx. 68% products are supplied to metallurgy industry. China leading Steel group.-e.g.Baowu steel, Anshan steel, WISCO, SHOUGANG, TISCO, PANGANG, HBIS, SHAGANG, which belongs to same parent company are our main customers in domestic market.in oversea market, Zibo runjin is a refractory supplied of Arcelor - mittal, POSCO Guangyang steel, HYUNDAI steel, Nippon steel, JFE steel, US United Steel, Erdemir group., Danieli, SVAI and working together with famous refractory manufactures -e.g.Chosun refractories, ANH refractories and Krosaki refractories etc. Zibo runjin also has a good cooperation with world famous engineering companies .
our union has strong research and development capability, R&D centre is full responsible for test, research and product innovation, with 31 senior engineers, 96 engineers and 179 assistant engineers. Zibo runjin enables itself to be one of then leading refractory manufactures for supplying andalusite bricks for CDQ furnace, silicon bricks, AG con-casting refractory and so.
Zibo runjin has been persisting in a service philosophy of "Customers's Satisfaction is our eternal pursuit", taken "building a Worldwide first -class refractory manufactures" as the mission, and held "co-creation, co-operation, co-prograss, win-win"as its core values.Relying on management and technology accumulation during past many years, based on its over many years reputation as guarantee. Zibo runjin is doing its best to offer refractory system solutions with values added to achieve co-progress with our customers.

 

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FAQ
 

 

Q: What is the quality of silicon carbide?

A: Combined with the material's outstanding high-temperature strength and thermal shock resistance, alongside inherently impressive mechanical properties, silicon carbide is one of the most versatile refractory ceramics worldwide.

Q: Why is silicon carbide expensive?

A: The main raw materials used to produce silicon carbide are silicon metal and petroleum coke. The cost of these materials can fluctuate depending on various factors such as supply and demand and the cost of production. When the cost of raw materials increases, the cost of silicon carbide also increases.

Q: Is silicon carbide a metal or ceramic?

A: Silicon carbide (SiC) is the most widely used non-oxide ceramic. Its primary application is as an abrasive because of its high hardness, which is surpassed only by diamond, cubic boron nitride, and boron carbide.

Q: Why silicon carbide overcomes Si in power applications?

A: Despite being the most widely used semiconductor in electronics, silicon is beginning to show some limitations, especially in high-power applications. A relevant factor in these applications is the bandgap, or energy gap, offered by the semiconductor. When the bandgap is high, the electronics it uses can be smaller, run faster, and more reliably. It can also operate at higher temperatures, voltages, and frequencies than other semiconductors. While silicon has a bandgap of around 1.12eV, silicon carbide has a nearly three times greater value of around 3.26eV.

Q: Why can silicon carbide handle so high voltages?

A: Power devices, must be able to handle extremely high voltages. Thanks to a dielectric breakdown intensity of the electric field about ten times higher than that of silicon, silicon carbide can reach a very high breakdown voltage, from 600V to a few thousand volts. silicon carbide can use higher doping concentrations than silicon, and the drift layers can be made very thin. The thinner the drift layer, the lower its resistance. In theory, given a high voltage, the resistance of the drift layer per unit area can be reduced to 1/300 of that of silicon.

Q: Why silicon carbide can outperform IGBT at high frequencies?

A: In high-power applications, IGBTs and bipolar transistors have mostly been used in the past, with the aim of reducing the turn-on resistance that occurs at high breakdown voltages. These devices, however, offer significant switching losses, resulting in heat generation issues that limit their use at high frequencies. Using silicon carbide, it is possible to make devices, such as Schottky barrier diodes and MOSFETs, which achieve high voltages, low turn-on resistance and fast operation.

Q: What are the steps in the sintering process of silicon carbides?

A: Compose the sintering powder. This is the stage in which the composition of your metal parts is determined and mixed.
Compact your powder metals. In conventional powder forging, a preform mold is then packed and pressed into the desired part shape.
Heat sintering materials.

Q: Is the corrosion resistance of silicon carbides good?

A: The most noteworthy properties of silicon carbide are its good resistance to corrosion and excellent resistance to high temperatures and thermal shock. A high modulus of elasticity furthermore results in excellent dimensional stability. Additionally, there is the zero porosity and low pore density of the ceramic material. Due to its resistance to almost all chemicals as well as water/steam at several hundred degrees Celsius, SiC is superior to other ceramic and metallic materials. These properties make SiC ideal for use as a structural material in gas sealing rings, mechanical seals and bearings in aggressive and high-temperature media, even during temporary dry-running conditions or in environments where the media is the only lubrication.

Q: What are the preparation methods for silicon carbides?

A: Silicon Nitride Bonded: This is manufactured from a blend of silicon carbide granules and silicon involving a nitrogen environment at a temperature under the melting spot of Silicon.
Direct Sintered: The sponge-like element is manufactured using silicon carbide powder, including additives of boron and aluminium, different binding factors and carbon-containing additives.
Reaction Bonded: It is produced by using granules silicon carbide with the nice powder of silicon and graphite.
Composite Bonded: Fine powder of pure silicon carbide is blended with silicon and restraining element. Nitrogen environment is required to be heated at a temperature above 1350 C.

Q: What is the difference between sintered and reaction bonded silicon carbide?

A: Reaction bonded SiC is made by infiltrating compacts made of mixtures of SiC and carbon with liquid silicon. The silicon reacts with the carbon forming more SiC which bonds the initial SiC particles. Sintered SiC is produced from pure SiC powder with non-oxide sintering aids.

Q: How durable is silicon carbide?

A: Silicon carbide is a promising ceramic material with excellent thermomechanical characteristics, including high thermal conductivity, excellent mechanical properties, and excellent resistance to wear and oxidation.

Q: How do you process silicon carbide?

A: Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound of silicon and carbon with a chemical formula of SiC. The simplest manufacturing process for producing silicon carbide is to combine silica sand and carbon in an Acheson graphite electric resistance furnace at a high temperature, between 1600°C (2910°F) and 2500°C (4530°F).

Q: What are the different types of silicon carbide?

A: It comes in three forms: Reaction-sintered SiC (RSSC). Direct-sintered SiC (DSSC) Hot-pressed SiC (HPSC)

Q: What are the advantages of silicon carbides?

A: Silicon carbides are an excellent choice for many industrial applications due to their superior chemical resistance, thermal shock resistance, and cost-effectiveness. Silicon carbide is a ceramic material composed of silicon and carbon atoms. This combination of elements creates an extremely hard and durable material, making it well-suited for high-temperature applications. silicon carbides offer excellent thermal shock resistance, making them ideal for applications that involve rapid temperature changes. They also have excellent chemical resistance, making them a great choice for applications that involve exposure to corrosive materials. Additionally, silicon carbide refractories are relatively inexpensive, making them a cost-effective choice for many industrial applications.

Q: Is silicon carbide as hard as diamond?

A: Silicon carbide is hard with a Mohs hardness of 9.5, which is second only to the world's hardest diamond. In addition, silicon carbide has excellent thermal conductivity. It is a kind of semiconductor and can resist oxidation at high temperature.

Q: What are the stages of sintering of silicon carbides?

A: Sintering is a process that uses heat to consolidate powder materials into a solid form without melting them. There are three main stages of sintering: initial bonding and neck formation between particles, densification and pore shrinkage, and final grain growth.

Q: What is the sintering process of silicon carbide?

A: The sintering process determines the actual properties of the resulting silicon carbide grade. In the sintering process the heat treatment at around 1,500°C converts the green compact into a homogeneous and dense cemented carbide body. The volume of the green compact is reduced by up to 50%, depending on the carbide grade.

Q: What fields can components made of silicon carbides be used for?

A: Hermetically sealed pumps (e.g. centrifugal and gear pumps)
Sealing and regulating disks
Valves
Sealing technology in automotive engineering
Switching valves in air conditioning and refrigeration systems (leak-free ceramic regulating disks and valves made of SiC show practically no wear and have good sliding behaviour)
Agitators and grinders
Expanders and extruders
Even canned motor pumps and magnetically coupled pumps benefit from using ceramic components made from optimised SiC bearing materials. These have proven to be effective in hot water circuits, support bearings for stirrer tanks and submersible pumps, as well as magnetic drives for agitators.

Q: What is sintering aid for silicon carbide?

A: Solid-state sintering of SiC through the use of sintering aids such as boron (or aluminum) and carbon produce grades of SiC with very high creep resistance. These elements modify grain boundary and surface energies, and enhance volume diffusion rates to favor densification of SiC.

Q: What is the temperature of sintering silicon carbide?

A: For the composite containing 10% SiC, good sintering can be produced at 700 °C. The 15% composite requires a temperature above 700 °C to produce good sintering while the 20% composite shows good sintering at temperature 800 °C.

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