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Atmospheric-Pressure Synthesis of Titanium Carbide in an Arc Plasma Reactor

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This paper reports on titanium carbide synthesis in an atmospheric-pressure arc plasma reactor by exposing a stoichiometric starting mixture (Ti : C ~ 1 : 1.05) to a plasma jet. The phase composition of the synthesized TiC powder has been determined as a function of the time during which the starting mixture was exposed to a thermal plasma flow and the current (40–120 A) through the electric arc plasma source. The powders obtained under optimal conditions consist of the cubic titanium carbide phase and have a broad particle size distribution, with distinct agglomerates on the order of 50–100 μm in size. It is worth noting that the surface of the agglomerates has the form of a densified perforated crust (with a pore diameter no greater that 2 μm).

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This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education, state research target no. FEMN-2022-0001.

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  1. Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 634003, Tomsk, Russia

    A. A. Gumovskaya, V. V. Shekhovtsov, R. D. Gerasimov & O. G. Volokitin

  2. National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    A. A. Gumovskaya, A. Ya. Pak, R. D. Gerasimov & G. Ya. Mamontov

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Gumovskaya, A.A., Shekhovtsov, V.V., Pak, A.Y. et al. Atmospheric-Pressure Synthesis of Titanium Carbide in an Arc Plasma Reactor. Inorg Mater 59, 457–462 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168523050047

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