Effects of Mechanical Activation during the Synthesis of Tungsten Carbide Powders by Carbothermic Reduction of Tungsten Oxide

2011 ◽  
Vol 312-315 ◽  
pp. 248-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ma ◽  
Shi Gen Zhu ◽  
H. Ding ◽  
W.S. Gu

In this work, the effects of mechanical milling on the extent of reduction were investigated to give an overview of potential improvements in the preparation of WC. A mixture of graphite and tungsten oxide (WO3) was mechanically milled together for 10 h. The as-milled powder and un-milled powder were investigated by thermal analysis, isothermal treatment, and X-ray diffraction to determine the effect of milling on the carbothermal reduction of WO3 to tungsten carbide (WC). The as-milled powder underwent a rapid reduction reaction at about 150°C lower than the un-milled powder. The reduction sequence to WC was illustrated to differ for the two powders. The milled powder showed complete reduction to WC in 1 h at 1215°C whereas the un-milled powder was incompletely reduced. Finally, WC powder was readily achieved by carbothermic reduction of mechanical activated WO3 and graphite, leaving its grains nano-sized.

2013 ◽  
Vol 829 ◽  
pp. 622-626
Author(s):  
Arash Kariminejad ◽  
Behrooz Ghasemi ◽  
Milad Milani ◽  
Hassan Ghorbani ◽  
Mohammad Azadeh

Solid state carbothermic reduction of tungsten oxide (WO3) to nanosized tungsten carbide (WC) particles was achieved by heating mechanically activated mixture of tungsten oxide and graphite at different temperatures under vacuum condition. KCl and Ni were added to the mixture for some samples. The morphology and chemical composition of products, as well as particles size and their distribution were compared by X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Mechanical activation of WO3-C powder mixture did not yield WC phase whereas it was possible to produce WC nanoparticles by heating at 1250 °C for 2 h. KCl additive caused fine and homogeneous particle and Ni additive assisted the growth of WC particles.


1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 936-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohumil Hájek ◽  
Pavel Karen ◽  
Vlastimil Brožek

For the investigation of the products of reaction of yttrium oxide with carbon mixed in various proportions, the chemical and X-ray diffraction methods of analysis were combined with the gas chromatographic analysis of the mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen formed on the sample decomposition with water. The carboreduction of Y2O3 was examined at relatively low temperatures, convenient for obtaining the reaction intermediates in higher yields. At 1 600 °C and pressures of 10-3 Pa the reduction of a mixture of Y2O3 with carbon in a stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 7 yields YC2 in equilibrium with 20% of Y2OC phase. At lower carbon contents (down to the Y2O3 : C ratio of 1 : 2) tha fraction of the Y2OC phase increases up to approximately 30%. In addition to Y2O3, the reaction mixture contains also Y2C, Y2OC and a phase giving propyne on hydrolysis. The presence of traces of C3 hydrocarbons and small amounts of methane in the product of hydrolysis of the carbide sample prepared by the carbothermal reduction of the oxide can be explained in terms of the occurrence of the Y15C19 phase, probably substituted in part by oxygen, and of the Y2OC phase. The results are compared with those obtained previously for the Sc2O3 + C system.


2008 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 353-356
Author(s):  
Nawarat Wora-uaychai ◽  
Nuchthana Poolthong ◽  
Ruangdaj Tongsri

In this research, titanium carbide-nickel (TiC-Ni) composites, with tungsten carbide addition, were fabricated by using a powder metallurgy technique. The TiC-Ni mixtures containing between 0-15 wt. % tungsten carbide (WC), were compacted and then sintered at 1300°C and 1400°C, respectively. The phase formation and microstructure of the WC-added TiC-Ni composites have been investigated by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy techniques. Mechanical properties of these composites were assessed by an indentation technique. The X-ray diffraction patterns showed no evidence of tungsten rich phases in the sintered WC-added cermets. This indicates that during the sintering process, tungsten carbide particles were dissolved in metallic binder phase (Ni phase) via dissolution/re-precipitation process during liquid phase sintering. The liquid phase formed during sintering process could improve sinterability of TiC-based cermets i.e., it could lower sintering temperatures. The TiC-Ni composites typically exhibited a core-rim structure. The cores consisted of undissolved TiC particles enveloped by rims of (Ti, W)C solid solution phase. Hardness of TiC-Ni composites increased with WC content. Sintering temperature also had a slight effect on hardness values.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1999
Author(s):  
Jinsheng Cheng ◽  
Sheng Zhong ◽  
Weihong Wan ◽  
Xiaoyuan Chen ◽  
Ali Chen ◽  
...  

In this work, novel graphene/In2O3 (GR/In2O3) nanocubes were prepared via one-pot solvothermal treatment, reduction reaction, and successive annealing technology at 600 °C step by step. Interestingly, In2O3 with featured cubic morphology was observed to grow on multi-layered graphene nanosheets, forming novel GR/In2O3 nanocubes. The resulting nanocomposites were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), etc. Further investigations demonstrated that a selective electrochemical sensor based on the prepared GR/In2O3 nanocubes can be achieved. By using the prepared GR/In2O3-based electrochemical sensor, the enantioselective and chem-selective performance, as well as the optimal conditions for L-Lysine detection in Camellia nitidissima Chi, were evaluated. The experimental results revealed that the GR/In2O3 nanocube-based electrochemical sensor showed good chiral recognition features for L-lysine in Camellia nitidissima Chi with a linear range of 0.23–30 μmol·L−1, together with selectivity and anti-interference properties for other different amino acids in Camellia nitidissima Chi.


Ceramics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Afify ◽  
Ahmed Elsayed ◽  
Mohamed Hassan ◽  
Mohamed Ataalla ◽  
Amr Mohamed ◽  
...  

A wet chemical method was used to obtain tungsten oxide nanoparticles from tungsten tetrachloride and natural microfibrous inorganic clay (sepiolite) as a starting material. Precipitation of tungsten oxide species onto sepiolite under basic conditions and subsequent thermal treatment was investigated, prompted by the abundance of sepiolite in nature and the useful environmental applications that could be attained. Laser granulometry, X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) techniques were used to study the particle-size distribution, the morphology, and the composition of the prepared sample. Our findings show the presence of tungsten oxide nanoparticles, which are less than 50 nm, on the needles of the modified sepiolite.


2010 ◽  
Vol 152-153 ◽  
pp. 1683-1686
Author(s):  
Qing Wang ◽  
Ya Hui Zhang

Biomorphic silicon carbide (bioSiC) was prepared by high temperature pyrolysis and sol-gel and carbothermal reduction processing at 1600 oC. The morphology and microstructure of carbon-silica composites and purified bioSiC samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The phase composition of the resulting sample was analyzed by X-ray diffraction. The results suggest that the bioSiC mainly consists of cubic ß-SiC, and principally replicates the shape and microstructure of the carbon template.


2017 ◽  
Vol 888 ◽  
pp. 404-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Nor Latif ◽  
Alinda Samsuri ◽  
Mohamed Wahab Mohamed Hisham ◽  
Mohd Ambar Yarmo

Metallic molybdenum was synthesized through reduction of molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) by using hydrogen as a reducing agent. The reduction behavior of MoO3 were investigated by using temperature programmed reduction (TPR). The reduced phases were characterized by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD). The XRD results indicate that the reduction of MoO3 proceed in two steps reduction (MoO3 → MoO2 → Mo) with formation of intermediate phases of Mo4O11 during first step of reduction. However, the TPR results showed only one broad peak that correspond to all reduction step that was merge into one peak. It seem that, increasing the temperature cause the rapid reduction that correlated with thermodynamic consideration data that show the formation of metallic molybdenum is become feasible by increasing the temperature.


2007 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Atasoy

The behaviour of silica during the carbothermal reduction nitriding process at temperatures between 1300-1500°C was studied by means of X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope analysis. The experimental runs were allowed to proceed up to 1 h in presence of nitrogen flow. The following mechanism of reduction nitriding of silica which was based on the experimental observation was proposed. Initially the impurity of the starting material is reduced before 1300°C. SiO2 was reduced into SiO gas phase by active carbon and it was vaporised out of the mixture. The nucleation of α-Si3N4 was formed vapour-gas reaction took place and deposited on the surface of the mixture as well as around the reaction crucible. In the third stage, α-Si3N4 transforms to one dimensional direction which was β-Si3N4 particle. This was followed by the formation of SiC at temperature above 1450°C.


2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 97-100
Author(s):  
He Xiang Zhong ◽  
Hua Min Zhang ◽  
Mei Ri Wang

The ruthenium-based electrocatalysts supported on carbon black were prepared by the decarbonylation of the transition metal carbonyl with the 1,6-hexanediol as the solvent. The catalysts were characterized via X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution TEM (HRTEM). The electrochemical behaviours of the catalysts were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and rotating disk electrode (RDE) measurements in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. The catalysts demonstrate attractive catalytic activity towards the ORR. The catalyst is expected to be promising alternative non-Pt electrocatalysts for PEMFC.


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