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Synthesis and Compaction of Zirconium Nitride with Use of Zirconium Oxide and Air Supply

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A multitemperature model of conjugated heat transfer during the synthesis of zirconium nitride is developed. The model includes the following parameters: the temperature of the solid phase consisting of micrometer-sized particles of \({\text{Zr}}{{{\text{O}}}_{{\text{2}}}}\), \({\text{C}}\), and \(Z{\text{rN}}\); the temperature of the gas phase comprised of components CO, CO2, O2, and N2; the temperature of the reactor vessel made of porous graphite; and the temperature of the tungsten alloy layer, to the electrodes of which the potential difference is applied. The operation regimes with a multistage air flow at the reactor inlet for reducing the carbon impurity are studied. A decrease in the porosity by three orders of magnitude relative to the value at the initial point in time is demonstrated. The obtained results are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data.

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Markov, A.A. Synthesis and Compaction of Zirconium Nitride with Use of Zirconium Oxide and Air Supply. Theor Found Chem Eng 56, 768–782 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579522050293

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