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Inter‐Conversion of M n +1 AX n Phases in the Ti–Al–C System
Author(s) -
Kisi Erich H.,
Wu Erdong,
Zobec Jennifer S.,
Forrester Jennifer S.,
Riley Daniel P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01710.x
Subject(s) - stoichiometry , sintering , phase (matter) , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , atmospheric temperature range , mineralogy , crystallography , chemistry , metallurgy , thermodynamics , physics , chromatography , organic chemistry
It is demonstrated that the M n +1 AX n phase Ti 3 AlC 2 may be readily synthesized by sintering a stoichiometric mixture of the lower order MAX phase Ti 2 AlC mixed with a stoichiometric amount of TiC in the temperature range 1350°–1450 °C. High‐quality Ti 3 AlC 2 was readily produced using sintering times in the range 2–5 h. In general, <2% of unwanted or remnant phases were found to be present and in some samples none could be detected at all.