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Preparation and Properties of Porous Fe-Al-x%TiC Composite Material

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Fe-Al-x%TiC composite porous materials were synthesized by the reaction of Fe+Al+TiC mixed powder. By adding a certain proportion of TiC to try to control the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) reactions of Fe and Al during the sintering process, the effects of adding TiC on the porosity, phase, and oxidation resistance of Fe-Al-based porous materials were studied. The results showed that the porosity of Fe-Al-x%TiC green compacts increased from 22.83 to 24.89% with an increase in the proportion of TiC, and TiC did not affect the phase change during the sintering process. In the DSC curve, after the addition of TiC, the temperature of the exothermic peak of Fe and Al increased during the sintering process, proving that the reaction between Fe and liquid Al is delayed. When TiC was 4 and 6 wt.%, an endothermic peak appeared when Al melted, which further showed that the SHS reaction was suppressed. In addition, the porous Fe-Al-x%TiC composite sintered at 1000 °C has better oxidation resistance and decreases with increasing TiC content, while the compression resistance increases with increasing TiC content.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51704255), the City-University (Nanchong City-Southwest Petroleum University) Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Project (SXQHJH055 and SXHZ054) and Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Field Materials in Sichuan Province Colleges and Universities (X151521KCL05).

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    Bensheng Huang & Xia Luo

  3. Energy Equipment Institute, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China

    Bensheng Huang

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Wen, X., Huang, B., Xie, Y. et al. Preparation and Properties of Porous Fe-Al-x%TiC Composite Material. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 31, 8596–8604 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-06835-z

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