Two-Stage Plasma-Thermal Nitridation Processes for the Production of Aluminum Nitride Powders from Aluminum Powders
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effects of NH4Cl and Temperature on the Size and Dispersibility of Products by the Thermal Nitridation Process
3.2. Plasma Nitridation in the First Stage for Pre-Synthesizing AlN/Al Powders
3.3. Thermal Nitridation in Second Stage (after Plasma Nitridation) for Synthesizing AlN Powders
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sung, M.-C.; Wang, Y.-F.; Chen, S.-C.; Tsai, C.-H. Two-Stage Plasma-Thermal Nitridation Processes for the Production of Aluminum Nitride Powders from Aluminum Powders. Materials 2019, 12, 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030359
Sung M-C, Wang Y-F, Chen S-C, Tsai C-H. Two-Stage Plasma-Thermal Nitridation Processes for the Production of Aluminum Nitride Powders from Aluminum Powders. Materials. 2019; 12(3):359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030359
Chicago/Turabian StyleSung, Mei-Chen, Ya-Fen Wang, Shang-Che Chen, and Cheng-Hsien Tsai. 2019. "Two-Stage Plasma-Thermal Nitridation Processes for the Production of Aluminum Nitride Powders from Aluminum Powders" Materials 12, no. 3: 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030359
APA StyleSung, M. -C., Wang, Y. -F., Chen, S. -C., & Tsai, C. -H. (2019). Two-Stage Plasma-Thermal Nitridation Processes for the Production of Aluminum Nitride Powders from Aluminum Powders. Materials, 12(3), 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12030359