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The sintering behavior of submicron titanium carbide (TiC) synthesized from carbon coated titania (TiO2) precursor was investigated in TiC-Ni system. The densification was examined as functions of initial carbon content (30.95–34 wt.%) and Ni content (3–20 wt.%). The sintered density of TiC-Ni was markedly decreased with increased carbon content in the precursor. The amount of Ni had a relatively small influence on the densification of submicron TiC-Ni cermet compared with TiC (commercially available HCS)-Ni cermets. The results show that submicron TiC with only 3 wt.% Ni can be sintered to densities above 95% TD in flowing Ar+10H2 at 1500°C and below. The improvements in densification result from the capillary force increase since it is inversely dependent on the particle size. With decreased Ni content, the Vickers hardness increased and the fracture toughness decreased, as expected. However, the sufficient densification cannot be achieved for commercial HCS TiC powder sintered with Ni (<10 wt.%) under the same conditions. Therefore, both the Vickers hardness and fracture toughness decreased as the Ni content decreased. This was due to the increase of porosity in the sintered samples containing commercial TiC powder.
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Koc, R., Meng, C. & Swift, G.A. Sintering properties of submicron TiC powders from carbon coated titania precursor. Journal of Materials Science 35, 3131–3141 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004876121000
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