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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2022.31.6.60

Synthesis of High-purity Silicon Carbide Powder using the Silicon Wafer Sludge  

Hanjung Kwon (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
Minhee Kim (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
Jihwan Yoon (Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, College of Engineering, Jeonbuk National University)
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Resources Recycling / v.31, no.6, 2022 , pp. 60-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presents the carburization process for recycling sludge, which was formed during silicon wafer machining. The sludge used in the carburization process is a mixture of silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) with iron as an impurity, which originates from the machine. Additionally, the sludge contains cutting oil, a fluid with high viscosity. Therefore, the sludge was dried before carburization to remove organic matter. The dried sludge was washed by acid cleaning to remove the iron impurity and subsequently carburized by heat treatment under vacuum to form the SiC powder. The ratio of silicon to SiC in the sludge was varied depending on the sources and thus carbon content was adjusted by the ratio. With increasing SiC content, the carbon content required for SiC formation increased. It was demonstrated that substoichiometric SiCx (x<1) was easily formed when the carbon content was insufficient. Therefore, excess carbon is required to obtain a pure SiC phase. Moreover, size reduction by high-energy milling had a beneficial effect on the suppression of SiCx, forming the pure SiC phase.
Keywords
Silicon; Sludge; Silicon carbide; High-energy milling; Carburization;
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