Editors: | F. Kongoli, M. de Campos, S. Lewis, S. Miller, S. Thomas |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2019 |
Pages: | 171 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-989820-12-4 |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
Combustion synthesis is a novel low-cost, rapid, and energy-saving method for the production of high-temperature materials. The synthesis of products via this method is based on the formation of the desired compounds by making use of the exothermic reactions between the starting elemental powders. In this study, the synthesis of MoSi2-SiC composites from the starting powder mixture of Mo+2Si and Si+C has been investigated. XRD, SEM-EDS, and Vickers microhardness tests have been used to characterize the products. The effect of Mo+2Si/Si+C weight ratio on the intensity of the reaction, as well as the formation of the products, was studied. It was found out that the desired products were formed in Mo+2Si powder mixtures containing 10wt.%Si+C samples. Using higher amounts of Si+C resulted in incomplete reactions which gave rise to remains of unreacted powder particles in the product microstructure. The MoSi2-10wt.%SiC composite showed the highest values of mircrohardness