High-Temperature Synthesis of V2AlC MAX Phase: Influence of Al
摘要
Abstract
Cast materials based on MAX V2AlC phase were prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) under 5 MPa of Ar pressure from green mixtures containing V2O5, VO2, Al, and C powders. Variation in an excess of aluminum markedly affected the process parameters and phase composition/microstucture of combustion products. The synthesized samples were shown to contain V2AlC as a basis with additions of carbide and intermetallic phases of vanadium, whose presence is probably associated with a short lifetime of the liquid phase due to small green mixture mass and strong heat loss into the environment. A maximum content of MAX V2AlC phase in the ingot (68 wt %) was reached at 15% of excess aluminum.