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Hugoniot measurements of high pressure phase stability of titanium-silicon carbide (Ti3SiC2)
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Hugoniot measurements of high pressure phase stability of titanium-silicon carbide (Ti3SiC2)

J Jordan, T Sekine, T Kobayashi, X Li, N Thadhani, T El-Raghy and M Barsoum
AIP Conference Proceedings, v 706(1), pp 77-80
20 Jul 2003

Abstract

Hugoniot measurements of the high-pressure phase stability of titanium-silicon carbide (Ti3SiC2) were performed in this study. Ti3SiC2 is a unique ceramic having high stiffness, but low hardness. Time-resolved measurements employing a plate-impact geometry were conducted using the NIMS two-stage light gas gun. Experiments performed in the lower pressure range followed the trend reported by Onodera, et al. in static high pressure experiments. At pressures around 90-120 GPa, a deviation in pressure-volume compressibility to a more compressed state was observed indicating evidence of a possible phase change. Streak camera records of the free surface velocity measured using the inclined mirror method also showed discontinuous slope, indicating a possible pressure induced phase transformation.

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Mechanics
Physics, Condensed Matter
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