JFIFPhotoshop 3.08BIM@Porous Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride: Size Effects in Pressure720260809PSCIENMAGUAuthorgPorous Reaction-Bonded Silicon Nitride: Size Effects in Pressureless Nitriding of Binder-Jetted Silicon Science@https://scienmag.com/porous-reaction-bonded-silicon-nitride-size© 2026 Sciencehttps://scienmag.com/A quiet shift in silicon manufacturing could be taking shape inside a new study on porous reaction-bonded silicon nitride, a ceramic material valued for its strength, thermal stability and resistance to chemical attack. Researchers T.G. Aguirre, E. Cakmak, M.D. Richardson and colleagues are investigating how the size of additively manufactured silicon components affects their conversion […]ScienceTecTechnology and EngineeringTechnology and Engineering"additive manufacturing of ceramicsbinder jet 3D printing%complex ceramic structure fabricationgas escape during nitridingnitrogen diffusion in ceramics&Porous reaction-bonded silicon nitridepressureless nitridingsilicon component size effectssilicon nitride synthesis"size-dependent reaction mechanisms1thermal and chemical stability of silicon nitride,transformation of silicon to silicon nitrideC    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$":!1AQ"2aq#BRb4 ?5U_ΒFኈag1.gPQ0*_x8* kwuy{rq.O8G9^Q|Ǐ̍'Aene9Y #dB*7q^Ib~~_uas<$؂_ pj9U{3A'Gd@A|fc]Osps6qC*J̠vϱeocr. ^hE8V89#֫2%ZF,[SS;ssligI8*@*L8r>`Pb'O]4.cI$\nݻqc="Wi ,6#{91qǰm;6qV_e|[<5˖\7# WE ;_ R R R R U?Ru^5dmc.0=TTmw%<KN qFƵ; H1_OAQ6J1¯eEiwsE jwֱS8mk4{(~7|TJI6۠ G7_lP;wZJ [@T\Y]A"y `kj+X,X.:,%2:?9'?ZE)JP+] IITs\bGY*^x;NTf|փ֝cM-Q1x1 ;ը9NϩouT[FGL#p 99I* 8AhUGy GkPu[3e8$TҴ $0ol|MZơ$tuP@VQݻ΃qƈ3(Ku"f'(cƇunҦtVkwRHӃhoTnoez۞gX~5;rwm K5LgİxKTX\Ҍl?]EroWŒ~&G+{ ԤRf|$||E)JP@א}<2;I^q8򪞂.t$Y++N;,qnE*@p 3޵.ЖMċL$`dx|'߬]6b 3{֛l:t4@@MY7epF0 uvH4vu Dxcvj JƸdxۜ&K9q1_N]c\X@5}GX(Z^XrO#pmT.,O_3qR!Wk'e'oud+dVd~P[\K [vګ-U}ޡ#= Tf]`tTBcu(;&d38ǭl}/ v" ҈&x pOֺK^zA"ԓxzwn;~iWٿLB7R)AScC*O ~{9Kռ*e[dLc|Q{[İɍI|-gXq%H2 6ݠO 8aAvL9\9VJ0~u&!;Sf-[r. p1rh>k1XG@8` b:u,I&GoX(,v徛wm4YwtyTki5{/*R "WElt/[Ψ'lh H|9$Նq"Gs/bk}Uog VAl! 9nZV/#r2Z-u9'gy/Fr4?NM,Nы P $WZf􎂶QxvycI$73:\B7TX.;}k7]_f \\II?AQUseUnKt#;$c)52\Cdr0pF{V/4p1`5K`wFylRR5wyhq۹mY`T֭n;{i9}q-q_Z=/[^62QvȨ;'pbH٩GiO5lB(eoq q95.EMt#Q$9=h5g'H#o),,p~գ0hLz!1)?zĹV6ѻ9ȩ}A,=7`.l2*m8q⃞0gPH]P֕~zLiPx\+cak{i\:qTG>`g8S Y߽rL`HL$G.b={y'ӳ!$EMK]i[xZ%,kiu 8D>\zV;}rie}3 cڄRC[O^.ga¨99o AtZ]?띦韺#XA)v=NQkv4)'Mm1$yֳnoiKUR R R R R R R R R R R R R