Process for preparing fine grain titanium carbide powder

Patent · Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5587252

Janney, M A

A method for preparing finely divided titanium carbide powder in which an organotitanate is reacted with a carbon precursor polymer to provide an admixture of the titanium and the polymer at a molecular level due to a crosslinking reaction between the organotitanate and the polymer. The resulting gel is dried, pyrolyzed to drive off volatile components and provide carbon. The resulting solids are then heated at an elevated temperature to convert the titanium and carbon to high-purity titanium carbide powder in a submicron size range.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE86013788
• OSTI ID: 5587252
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
TITANIUM CARBIDES
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
GELS
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
POLYMERS
POWDERS
PYROLYSIS
TITANATES
CARBIDES
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
DECOMPOSITION
DISPERSIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SYNTHESIS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
360201* - Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories- Preparation & Fabrication