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Raman spectroscopy as a tool to study TiC formation during controlled ball milling

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posted on 2024-11-15, 15:37 authored by B H Lohse, Andrzej CalkaAndrzej Calka, David Wexler
Titanium and carbon elemental powder mixtures with compositions of Ti100–xCx (x=50,40,30) were milled under a helium atmosphere using a magnetoball mill. For Ti50C50 and Ti60C40 powder mixtures, the combined results of external mill temperature monitoring and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicated that, after a specific incubation period, titanium carbide (TiC) was formed rapidly via a highly exothermic mechanically induced reaction. However, contrary to the current understanding of mechanically induced self-propagating reactions, Raman spectroscopy clearly showed the formation of nonstoichiometric TiC in Ti50C50 and Ti60C40 powders prior to the sudden exothermic event occurring inside the mill. This result has not been reported in previous studies that used only XRD analysis to characterize the as-milled powders. It is now thought that a significant component of the heat generated after the incubation period may be due to a combination of rapid grain growth and/or recrystallization of the preexisting TiC, rather than the direct formation of TiC. When milling Ti70C30, the reaction to form TiC proceeded gradually as milling progressed.

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This article was originally published as: Lohse, BH, Calka, A, & Wexler, D, Raman spectroscopy as a tool to study TiC formation during controlled ball milling, Journal of Applied Physics, 97, June 2005, 114912. Copyright American Institute of Physics. Original journal available here.

Journal title

Journal of Applied Physics

Volume

97

Issue

11

Language

English

RIS ID

13612

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