0000000000608944
AUTHOR
Christophe Gras
Simultaneous Synthesis and Consolidation of Nanostructured MoSi2
A new process combining electric field activation and the imposition of pressure from mechanically activated powder mixtures is demonstrated as a means to simultaneously synthesize and densify nano-MoSi2 in one step. Nanophase reactants (Mo + 2Si) produced by mechanical activation are reacted by field activation with the simultaneous application of a uniaxial pressure. Mo + 2Si powders were comilled in a specially designed planetary mill to obtain nanometric reactants but to avoid formation of any product phases. These were then subjected to high alternating currents (1600 A) and pressures of 106 MPa. Under these conditions, a reaction is initiated and completed within a short period of tim…
Développements récents de l'étude en temps réel par diffraction des rayons X couplée à une thermographie infrarouge : application au suivi de la réaction MASHS dans les systèmes FeAl, et MoSi2
La formation au cours d'une reaction de combustion autoentretenue et mecaniquement activee (MASHS) d'intermetalliques nanometrique, tels que les composes FeAl et MoSi 2 , a pu etre observee in-situ et en temps reel en couplant la diffraction des rayons X, produit par rayonnement synchrotron, et une thermographie infrarouge. La mise en oeuvre d'une telle experience est indispensable en raison de la vitesse importante (10 mm/s) de propagation du front de combustion. Des developpements recents realises au niveau des systemes de detections permettent d'obtenir des temps d'acquisition tres courts (quelques dizaines de millisecondes) et de reveler des etapes intermediaires au cours de la transfor…
Combustion wave structure during the MoSi2 synthesis by mechanically activated self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (MASHS) : In-situ time-resolved investigations
International audience
Combustion wave structure during the MoSi2 synthesis by Mechanically-Activated Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (MASHS): In situ time-resolved investigations
Abstract In situ synchrotron time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments coupled with an infrared imaging camera have been used to reveal the combustion wave structure during the production of MoSi2 by Mechanically Activated Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (MASHS). The fast combustion front exhibits a form described as an ‘equilibrium structure’ where the chemical reaction is the sole major driving force. In the MASHS process, oxide-free interfaces between Mo and Si nanocrystallites enhance the reaction Mo+2Si→MoSi2. Exhaustive time-resolved investigations show a possible solid-state process in the first second of the reaction within the combustion front. If preheating is added,…
In situ synchrotron characterization of mechanically activated self-propagating high-temperature synthesis applied in Mo–Si system
Abstract An original experiment was designed to monitor structural and thermal evolutions during the MASHS (Mechanically Activated Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis) process in the Mo–Si system. Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction (TRXRD) coupled with an infrared imaging technique was performed to study, in situ, the formation of the α-MoSi2 phase in the combustion front. Despite a temporal resolution of 50 ms between two consecutive diffractograms, no intermediate phase was observed during the passage of the combustion front. The only reaction responsible for the self-sustentation is Mo+2Si→MoSi2 in the primary zone inside the combustion wave. The mechanical activation was found to i…