Wetting Behavior and Reactivity Between AlTi6 Alloy and Carbon Nanotubes

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• 作者：M. Homa ; N. Sobczak ; J. J. Sobczak…
• 关键词：AlTi6 ; carbon nanotubes ; interfaces ; MWCNT ; reactivity ; rod ; like TiC ; sessile drop
• 刊名：Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：8
• 页码：3317-3329
• 全文大小：3,736 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Characterization and Evaluation Materials
  Materials Science
  Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings
  Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk
  Engineering Design
  
• 出版者：Springer New York
• ISSN：1544-1024
• 卷排序：25

文摘

Wetting behavior between molten AlTi6 alloy and nanoporous carbon substrate (carbon nanotubes paper) was investigated by a sessile drop method in vacuum at 800, 900, and 1000 °C. In order to avoid the effect of native oxide film on metal sample, an advanced capillary purification technique coupled with non-contact heating was applied. The AlTi6 drop did not wet the MWCNT paper immediately after deposition on the substrate at 800 °C, forming a contact angle of θ = 153°. The increase in temperature up to 900 °C and holding the system for 15 min also did not affect the contact angle (θ = 153  ± 1). Further heating above 930 °C at a rate of 5 °C/min caused a gradual lowering of contact angle down to ~130° and after about 10-min interaction at 1000 °C, it reached the final value of 123°. Structural investigations of solidified sessile drop AlTi6/MWCNT couple by scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed that high-temperature interaction between MWCNTs and molten AlTi6 alloy is accompanied with liquid metal infiltration of MWCNT substrate, fragmentation of MWCNTs, and formation of TiC in the form of rod-like crystallites and fine particles uniformly distributed in the metal matrix. The mechanism of MWCNT → TiC transformation in the AlTi6/MWCNT system by high-temperature liquid-assisted process is discussed.