Abstract
IT is thought that most of the silicon carbide whiskers grown by the E.R.D.E. process do so by the vapour–liquid–solid (VLS) mechanism1 where a metal is the principal “activator” in the process. Often a globule of frozen eutectic can be seen on the ends of the whiskers. Further, it has been observed that in many cases smaller whiskers had grown out from these balls. Some of the specimens, however, did not show such a eutectic residue on their ends and it is these that have been studied here.
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BAKER, F. Field Emission from Silicon Carbide Whiskers. Nature 225, 539–540 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225539a0
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