A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature

The role of pore microstructures on the susceptibility of MAX phases (Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2, Ti2AlC, Ti2AlN2, Ti4AlN3) to thermal dissociation at 1300-1550 °C in high vacuum has been studied using in-situ neutron diffraction. Above 1400 °C, MAX phases decomposed to binary carbide (e.g. TiCx) or binary ni...

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Main Authors: Low, It Meng, Pang, Wei
Other Authors: Dongming Zhu
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Wiley 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44695
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author Low, It Meng
Pang, Wei
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Pang, Wei
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description The role of pore microstructures on the susceptibility of MAX phases (Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2, Ti2AlC, Ti2AlN2, Ti4AlN3) to thermal dissociation at 1300-1550 °C in high vacuum has been studied using in-situ neutron diffraction. Above 1400 °C, MAX phases decomposed to binary carbide (e.g. TiCx) or binary nitride (e.g. TiNx), primarily through the sublimation of Aelements such as Al or Si, forming in a porous surface layer of MXx. Positive activation energies were determined for decomposed MAX phases with coarse pores but a negative activation energy when the pore size was less than 1.0 µm. The role of pore microstructures on the decomposition kinetics is discussed.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-446952023-02-07T08:01:22Z A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature Low, It Meng Pang, Wei Dongming Zhu Hua-Tay Lin Yanchun Zhou Taejin Huang The role of pore microstructures on the susceptibility of MAX phases (Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2, Ti2AlC, Ti2AlN2, Ti4AlN3) to thermal dissociation at 1300-1550 °C in high vacuum has been studied using in-situ neutron diffraction. Above 1400 °C, MAX phases decomposed to binary carbide (e.g. TiCx) or binary nitride (e.g. TiNx), primarily through the sublimation of Aelements such as Al or Si, forming in a porous surface layer of MXx. Positive activation energies were determined for decomposed MAX phases with coarse pores but a negative activation energy when the pore size was less than 1.0 µm. The role of pore microstructures on the decomposition kinetics is discussed. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44695 Wiley restricted
spellingShingle Low, It Meng
Pang, Wei
A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title_full A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title_fullStr A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title_full_unstemmed A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title_short A Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in MAX Phases at Elevated Temperature
title_sort comparative study of decomposition kinetics in max phases at elevated temperature
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44695