Thermal stability of Al3BC3 powders under a nitrogen atmosphere

作者:Yu, Chao; Xing, Guangchao; Ke, Lu; Ding, Jun; Di, Jinghui; Zhu, Hongxi; Wang, Zhoufu; Deng, Chengji*; Yu, Puliang*
来源:International Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 114(12): 1138-1145.
DOI:10.1515/ijmr-2022-0347

摘要

The thermal stability of Al3BC3 powders under nitrogen was studied. AlN-BN composites were generated during the nitridation of Al3BC3. Possible reaction mechanisms responsible for the thermal decomposition of Al3BC3 powders were discussed. The relatively weaker Al-C bonds in Al3BC3 promoted the fast diffusion of Al and the generation of AlN-BN layers inhibited the deeper nitridation, thus the thermal decomposition was governed by surface reaction. The formed nitrides resulted in a volume change and cracked the resulting layers as the reactions progressed, facilitating the diffusion of N-2 and enhanced the decomposition of Al3BC3. The intensive reaction involving Al3BC3 and N-2 could be attributed to the prolonged reaction time at high temperature and continued escape of vaporized Al and B. This result contributes to a theoretical basis of high-temperature application of Al3BC3 under nitrogen.