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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 217-222Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-008-1697-0
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sol-gel; microwave; carbothermal; reduction; titanium carbide; powders
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Titanium carbide ultrafine powders were prepared from tetrabutyl titanate and sucrose by sol-gel and microwave carbothermal reduction. The influences of reaction temperature and molar ratio of Ti to C on the synthesis of titanium carbide were studied. The results show that excess amount of carbon plays a positive effect on the carbothermal reduction of TiO2 at low temperature. The inceptive carbothermal reduction temperature of TiO2 and formation of titanium oxycarbide was below 900 degrees C, and pure TiC can be prepared at 1,200 degrees C, which was considerably lower compared to that by conventional carbothermal reduction using a mixture of TiO2 and carbon powders as raw materials. The morphology and particle size of synthesized TiC powder were examined by field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and the quantities of the phases of the powders were analyzed by Rietveld refinement method, the particle sizes of the TiC powders synthesized at 1,300 degrees C distribute over 0.1-0.5 mu m.
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