Project Details:

Terminology of Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics and Related Materials

Project No.:	230-28-95
Start date:	1995-01-01
End date:	1999-12-31
Division:	Inorganic Chemistry Division

This project will define terminology used to describe the chemical compounds, chemical composition, and chemical structure of the silicon nitride ceramic family of materials. The project complements, and is in communication with, a European Standards Group activity that is defining process-related acronyms for these materials. The market for silicon-nitride materials is growing at 10-15% a year, a growth rate expected to continue for the next two decades.

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Project completed
Because of extensive background work while the Commission sought todefine the best project in this area the project is well along andshould lead to a reviewable publication during the next years. TheIUPAC effort is restricted to terminology that defines the chemicalcompounds, composition, and structure of these materials.
See progress report in the Minutes of theCommission Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 12-13 June 1998 - Chem.Int.21(2), 54-57 (1999)

Project completed - IUPAC Recommendations published in PureAppl. Chem.,71(9), 1765-1769 (1999) entitled: 'Terminology for compoundsin the Si-Al-O-N system'