The purpose of this work is to decrease or eliminate porosities in ETE-VC products with sintering additives. The Ti–C system
has been synthesized for its advantages for refractory, abrasive and structural applications. We attempted to density TiC by
using iron addition; this metal is introduced through a secondary reaction 3TiO3
+Al. This mixture reacts exothermically
ϪH298= -1072.7 kJ and the heat is released according to by Fe addition 3TiO3
+4Al+3C+xFe→3TiC+2Al2
O3
+xFe. X-ray
diffraction analysis indicated that intermetallic Fe3
Al, TiC and Al2
O3 are the main phases formed in the reinforced high
performance ceramic-matrix composites and the additions of Fe decreased the lattice parameter of TiC. Field emission
scanning electron microscopy examinations showed that the addition of Fe decreased TiC particle size and changed their
growth controlling mechanism. Also, Raman spectroscopy analysis showed that at higher Fe contents, oxygen dissolved
in the TiC crystal structure leading to the formation of titanium oxy-carbide with lower lattice parameter and residual
un-reacted carbon in the products. The adiabatic temperatures for the reactions containing % Fe estimated using the
thermodynamic data. Thus, doping method is finally used to fabricate materials by ETE-VC method (volume combustion
method) for industriel applications.