Chapter 2 - High Temperature Synthesis

Abstract

High temperature is an important means for inorganic syntheses of novel compounds, materials, and high-temperature phases. In this chapter, we highlight the various important aspects in high-temperature inorganic synthesis, along with their recent progress, such as preparation of rare earth compounds and materials at high temperature, sol–gel process, and precursors in high-temperature synthesis; self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of some important materials; high temperature preparation of metal vapor and active molecules used in cryosynthesis; and high temperature electrolysis in molten salt system, following a brief introduction to the basic high-temperature techniques and methods, types, and characters of high-temperature synthetic reactions.