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dc.contributor.authorOo, Zeya
dc.contributor.supervisorProf. Brian Henry O'Connor
dc.contributor.supervisorProf. It-Meng (Jim) Low
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:22:38Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:22:38Z
dc.date.created2014-07-03T07:59:28Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2514
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The focus of this thesis was to study the thermal stability of Al2TiO5- and Ti3SiC2-based ceramics, and the oxidation characteristics of Ti3SiC2 through in-situ x-ray and neutron diffraction. The decomposition behaviour of Al2TiO5 in controlled atmospheres was studied in the temperature range of 20–1400°C. Al2TiO5 decomposed at 1100°C but reformed at 1350°C. In vacuum or argon, Ti3SiC2 decomposed to TiCx and Ti5Si3Cx above 1200°C. In air, Ti3SiC2 oxidized to anatase at 600°C, and formed an outer layer of rutile at 750°C and an inner mixed layer of rutile and cristobalite at 1350°C. Tridymite formed during cooling from 1350°C to room temperature.

dc.languageen
dc.publisherCurtin University
dc.titleCharacterization of thermal stability, microstructures and properties of Al2TiO5 - and Ti3SiC2- based ceramics
dc.typeThesis
dcterms.educationLevelPhD
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science, Department of Imaging and Applied Physics


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