Abstract: A process for production of a fibrous carbon material is described, comprising contacting fibrous silicon carbide with a halogen element or a halogen compound to thereby remove a part or all of the silicon component contained in the fibrous silicon carbide. This fibrous carbon material is excellent in properties such as mechanical strength, thermal resistance and corrosion resistance and thus is useful as a plastic filler or for production of various industrial materials, for example.

Abstract: A process for producing silane, which comprises forming a powdery mixture by mixing silica powder recovered from geothermal hot water with metallic magnesium powder, heating and reducing said powdery mixture to convert it to magnesium silicide and then reacting an organic acid with said magnesium silicide to produce silane and recovering said silane.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing silicon carbide whisker by mixing a silicon source with carbon black and subjecting the resultant mixture to heating treatment in an inert atmosphere, which comprises using a silica recovered from geothermal hot water as said silicon source.The process of the present invention has the advantages of (1) being capable of producing SiC whiskers with slender diameters and small variance of lengths, and (2) contributing to effective utilization of resources by utilizing the silica recovered from geothermal hot water as the silicon source, etc. and its industrial value is great as the method for providing SiC whisker reinforcing material for various kinds of composite materials.