SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM NITRIDE POWDERS

Authors
RABE T WASCHE R
Citation
T. Rabe et R. Wasche, SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM NITRIDE POWDERS, Nanostructured materials, 6(1-4), 1995, pp. 357-360
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Nanostructured materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09659773
Volume
6
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
357 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0965-9773(1995)6:1-4<357:SBONTN>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The sintering behaviour of one microcrystalline and several nanocrysta lline TiN powders was investigated by means of a gas pressure furnace with an integrated dilatometer. The investigated nanocrystalline powde rs strongly differ in the sintering activity. It can be concluded from the experiments, that small grain size, narrow grain size distributio n and a low oxygen content are the most important prerequisites for hi gh sintering activity of the nanocrystalline TiN powders. The extraord inary sintering activity of the best TiN powder makes it possible to p roduce a dense (< 2% porosity), pure (no sintering aids) and nanostruc tured (mean diameter of crystals about 100 nm) TiN bodies.