PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC PRODUCTS CONTAINING SILICON, HYDROGEN, NITROGEN, AND CARBON BY THE DIRECT REACTION BETWEEN ELEMENTAL SILICON AND ORGANIC AMINES AND PRODUCTS FORMED THEREBY

摘要

A process is disclosed for producing, at a low temperature, a high purity organic reaction product consisting essentially of silicon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon. The process comprises reacting together a particulate elemental high purity silicon with a high purity reactive amine reactant in a liquid state at a temperature of from about 0°C up to about 300°C. A high purity silicon carbide/silicon nitride ceramic product can be formed from this intermediate product, if desired, by heating the intermediate product at a temperature of from about 1200-1700°C for a period from about 15 minutes up to about 2 hours or the organic reaction product may be employed in other chemical uses.