Host: The Ceramic Society of Japan
Co-host: Iketani Science and Technology Foundation, International Ceramic Federation, Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70, The American Ceramic Society, The Australasian Ceramic Society, The Chinese Ceramic Society, The Korean Ceramic Society, Joint Research Consortium of Synergy Ceramics/Fine Ceramics Research Association, Nanotechnology Researchers Network Center of Japan, The Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Japan National Tourist Organization, Aichi Prefectural Government, CASIO SCIENCE PROMOTION FOUNDATION, DAIKO FOUNDATION, Nagoya Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Asahi Glass Foundation, The Kao Foundation For Arts And Sciences, The Murata Science Foundation, The Ogasawara Foundation for the Promotion of Science & Engineering, ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD. Research Center, CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD., ELECTRIC GLASS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (EGAJ), Hattori Company, Ltd., Hitachi Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., HOYA CORPORATION, INAX Corporation, ITOCHU CERATECH CORP., Japan Cement Association, KYOCERA Corporation, KYUSHU REFRACTORIES CO., LTD., MINO CERAMIC CO., LTD., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., NGK INSULATORS LTD., NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD., NICHIAS Corporation, NIKKO COMPANY, Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd., NORITAKE CO., LIMITED, Tokuyama Corporation, TOTO LTD.
Surface treatments, such as calcination, acid solution leaching and alkali solution leaching, were used to improve the dispersibility and increase the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) weight for a fine SiC powder. Main impurities including hydrophobic free carbon and hydrocarbon on the particle surface caused the low dispersibility and less deposition for the as-received powder in aqueous suspension. After calcination, the dispersibility and deposition weight were enhanced obviously. Acid leaching and alkali leaching were more effective to improve the dispersibility. The deposition weights of the two kinds of powders were about 4 times larger than that of the as-received powder. Slight oxidation on the particle surface after acid leaching led to the largest deposition weight for the acid leached powder. The reason for the improvement caused by different treatments was discussed according to the results of zeta potential, FTIR, XPS, and surface acidity analyses.