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Silicidation of Tantalum Carbide and Zirconium Carbide Powders in a Gaseous SiO Environment

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Tantalum carbide and zirconium carbide powders have been silicided in a gaseous SiO atmosphere at 1400°C. X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis results demonstrate that the silicidation products are Ta5Si3 and TaSi2 in the case of TaC and ZrSi in the case of ZrC. The silicidation rate has been shown to influence the percentages of these silicides in the reaction products. The degree of silicidation reached in this study is about 20% in the case of TaC and about 16% in the case of ZrC.

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Original Russian Text © I.M. Belyaev, P.V. Istomin, E.I. Istomina, 2018, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 8.

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Belyaev, I.M., Istomin, P.V. & Istomina, E.I. Silicidation of Tantalum Carbide and Zirconium Carbide Powders in a Gaseous SiO Environment. Inorg Mater 54, 779–786 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168518080022

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