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A SEM Record of Proteins-Derived Microcellular Silicon Carbide Foams
A. Pizzi1,2,*, C. Zollfrank3, X. Li1, M. Cangemi1, A. Celzard4
1
LERMAB, University of Lorraine, 27 rue Philippe Seguin, 88051 Epinal, France
2
Dept. of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22254, Saudi Arabia
3
BFP-University of Technology, Technische, University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, D-80333 Munich, Germany
4
IJL, University of Lorraine, 27 rue Philippe Seguin, 88051 Epinal, France Epinal
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Journal of Renewable Materials 2014, 2(3), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634114
Received 06 April 2014; Accepted 18 June 2014;
Abstract
Protein rigid foams based on albumin coreacted with camphor and an aldehyde were converted into silicon
carbide (SiC) foams. This was carried out by putting albumin-derived template foams in contact with
silicon compounds in liquid phase and calcinating the mix obtained at a relatively low temperature of 500°C
to eliminate the protein and leave the SiC foam. The transformation was followed by scanning electron
microscopy (SEM) from the natural albumin foams to the gel obtained by infi ltrating them with tetraethyl
orthosilicate (TEOS) and to the appearance of the SiC foams after calcination. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and
Raman spectra were done to characterise the resulting foam.
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APA Style
Pizzi, A., Zollfrank, C., Li, X., Cangemi, M., Celzard, A. (2014). A SEM record of proteins-derived microcellular silicon carbide foams. Journal of Renewable Materials, 2(3), 230-234. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634114
Vancouver Style
Pizzi A, Zollfrank C, Li X, Cangemi M, Celzard A. A SEM record of proteins-derived microcellular silicon carbide foams. J Renew Mater. 2014;2(3):230-234 https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634114
IEEE Style
A. Pizzi, C. Zollfrank, X. Li, M. Cangemi, and A. Celzard "A SEM Record of Proteins-Derived Microcellular Silicon Carbide Foams," J. Renew. Mater., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 230-234. 2014. https://doi.org/10.7569/JRM.2014.634114