Synthesis of Nanostructured Carbides of Titanium and Vanadium from Metal Oxides and Ferroalloys Through High-energy Mechanical Milling and Heat Treatment

Journal Article · Thu Mar 11 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3377795· OSTI ID:21371667

Basu, P; Jian, P F; Seong, K Y; Seng, G S; Hussain, Z; Aziz, A ^[1]; Masrom, A K ^[2]

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1. School of Materials and Minerals Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang (Malaysia)
2. Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMREC), SIRIM Bhd, Kulim Hi-Tech Park, Kulim 09000 (Malaysia)

Carbides of Ti and V have been synthesized directly from their oxides and ferroalloys through mechanical milling and heat treatment. The powder mixtures are milled in a planetary ball mill from 15-80 hours and subsequently heat treated at 1000-1300 deg. C for TiO{sub 2}-C mixtures, at 500-550 deg. C for V{sub 2}O{sub 5}-C mixtures and at 600-1000 deg. C for (Fe-V)-C mixtures. The milled and heat treated powders are characterized by SEM, EDAX, XRD, and BET techniques. Nanostructured TiC has been successfully synthesized under suitable processing conditions. However, carbides of vanadium is unidentified even though possibilities of V{sub 2}O{sub 5}-C reaction are indicated with an extent of induced amorphism in the powder mixture. Density, specific surface area and particle size of the milled and heat treated mixtures are correlated with heat treatment temperatures. Similar attempts are also made to synthesize vanadium carbides from industrial grade Fe-V.

• OSTI ID: 21371667
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1217, Issue 1; Conference: ICAMN-2007: International conference on advancement of materials and nanotechnology, Langkawi, Kedah (Malaysia), 29 May - 1 Jun 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3377795; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
HEAT TREATMENTS
MILLING
NANOSTRUCTURES
PARTICLE SIZE
POWDER METALLURGY
POWDERS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TITANIUM CARBIDES
TITANIUM OXIDES
VANADIUM CARBIDES
VANADIUM OXIDES
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
COHERENT SCATTERING
DIFFRACTION
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
MACHINING
METALLURGY
MICROSCOPY
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SCATTERING
SIZE
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS