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Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured TiCrC Carbides Prepared via Mechanical Alloying

Version 1 : Received: 29 November 2022 / Approved: 5 December 2022 / Online: 5 December 2022 (11:30:50 CET)

How to cite: Mhadhbi, M.; Dağ, İ.E.; Avar, B.; Khitouni, M.; Schoenstein, F.; Jouini, N. Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured TiCrC Carbides Prepared via Mechanical Alloying. Preprints 2022, 2022120076. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0076.v1 Mhadhbi, M.; Dağ, İ.E.; Avar, B.; Khitouni, M.; Schoenstein, F.; Jouini, N. Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured TiCrC Carbides Prepared via Mechanical Alloying. Preprints 2022, 2022120076. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202212.0076.v1

Abstract

In order to produce nanostructured Ti0.9Cr0.1C powders, an elemental powder mixture of titanium, chromium, and graphite is milled in this work using a high-energy ball mill for various milling times. Microstructural characteristics such as crystallite size, microstrain, lattice parameter, and dislocation density are determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Mechanical alloying successfully produced nanocrystalline (Ti,Cr)C with an average crystallite size of 11 nm. This size of the crystallites is also directly verified using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to investigate the morphology of the samples. The novelty of this work is advancing the scientific understanding of the effect of milling time on the particle size distribution and crystalline structure, and also understanding the effect of the spark plasma sintering on the different properties of the bulks. Densified cermet samples were produced from the nanocrystalline powders, milled for 5, 10 and 20 hours by SPS process at 1800 degrees for 5 min under a pressure of 80 MPa. Phase changes of the produced cermets were examined according to XRD, SEM/EDX analyses. Significant amounts of Cr and Fe elements were detected, especially in the 20 h milled cermet. The bulk forms of the milled powders for 5 and 20 h had a relative density of 98.43 and 98.51 %, respectively. However, 5 h milled cermet had 93.3 HRA because of the more homogeneous distribution of the (Ti,Cr)C phase, the low iron content and high relative density. According to the 0.0011 mm/year corrosion rate, and 371.68 kΩ*cm2 charge transfer resistance obtained from the potentiodynamic polarization and EIS tests, the 20 h cermet was the specimen with the highest corrosion resistance.

Keywords

mechanical alloying; titanium carbide; spark plasma sintering; cermets; corrosion

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanotechnology

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