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Project: Terminology of Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics and Related Materials

Number: 230/28/95
Start: 01 January 1995
End: 31 December 1999
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Objective

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.

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

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