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Oxidation behavior of high-purity nonstoichiometric Ti2AlC powders in flowing air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2017

Fanyu Kong ,
Ke Feng ,
Yuelei Bai ,
Ning Li ,
Xinxin Qi ,
Yongting Zheng ,
Rongguo Wang  and
Xiaodong He
Fanyu Kong
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Ke Feng
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Yuelei Bai*
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Ning Li
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Xinxin Qi
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Yongting Zheng
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Rongguo Wang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
Xiaodong He
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments and Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: baiyl@hit.edu.cn, baiyl.hit@gmail.com
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Abstract

The oxidation behavior of nonstoichiometric Ti2AlC x (x = 0.69) powders synthesized by combustion synthesis was investigated in flowing air by means of simultaneous thermal gravimetric analysis-differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive spectroscopy, with an effect of powder size. The oxidation of the fine Ti2AlC powders with the size of about 1 μm starts at 300 °C and completes at 980 °C, while with increasing the powder size around 10 μm the corresponding temperature increases to 400 and 1040 °C, respectively. The oxidation of nonstoichiometric Ti2AlC x (x = 0.69) powders is controlled by surface reaction in 400–600 °C, and mainly diffusion in 600–900 °C, with the corresponding oxidation activation energy of 2.35 eV and 0.12 eV, respectively. In other words, the critical temperature of changing oxidation controlling step is around 600 °C. The oxidation products were mainly rutile-TiO2 and α-Al2O3. The tiny white flocculent particles of α-Al2O3 appeared on the surface of fine Ti2AlC powders and increased with increasing the oxidation temperature.

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Ti2AlCoxidationMAX phasesnonstoichiometrycombustion synthesis
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 14 , 28 July 2017 , pp. 2747 - 2754
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2017 

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Contributing Editor: Yanchun Zhou

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