PRODUCING METHOD OF HIGH ENTROPY CARBIDE IN AN IONIC MELT


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Refractory metal carbides TiC, ZrC, HfC, NbC and TaC have excellent physical, chemical and mechanical properties as materials for ultra-high temperature ceramics. Of these, the most refractory are TaC and HfC, whose melting points approach 4000°C. It should be noted the high hardness, strength and wear resistance of refractory carbides. Hence, there is a natural interest in high-entropy carbides based on them, which are becoming an important class of new ceramic materials, since they potentially have more advanced applied properties. However, obtaining such materials by classical metallurgical methods is a difficult task. In modern research, samples of high-entropy carbides are most often synthesized using expensive special equipment (methods of plasma-spark sintering, high-energy planetary mills, etc.) and a relatively long preparation of precursors for sample production. This paper describes a new approach to the synthesis of multicomponent carbide (Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)C using an electrochemical process at a temperature not exceeding 1173 K. The method is based on the phenomenon of currentless metal transfer in molten salts. After the step-by-step transfer of metals, the sample was washed from the electrolyte, then sintered in a vacuum furnace. According to X-ray phase analysis, the resulting high-entropy carbide is a single-phase solid solution with an FCC structure. The diffraction pattern of the synthesized sample is in good agreement with the calculated diffraction pattern obtained by the Debye formula for a supercell of 64 000 atoms. A compact sample of high-entropy carbide was produced by pressing a tablet 10 mm in diameter with the addition of cobalt as a matrix metal. After vacuum sintering, the sample was ground to prepare for examination on a scanning electron microscope. Elemental mapping of the sample surface was performed, which showed a satisfactory distribution of metals that make up the high-entropy carbide. The measured microhardness of the sample turned out to be less than the values found in the publications of other authors, which may be due to some residual sample porosity.

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A. V. Varaksin

Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of the RAS

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Email: vorax@yandex.ru
Russia, Yekaterinburg

S. A. Petrova

Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of the RAS

Email: vorax@yandex.ru
Russia, Yekaterinburg

A. A. Rempel

Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of the RAS

Email: vorax@yandex.ru
Russia, Yekaterinburg

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