Electrochemical synthesis of Ti5Si3 in CaCl 2 melt

Handong Jiao, Qiuyu Wang, Jianbang Ge, Haobo Sun, Shuqiang Jiao*

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Abstract

Ti5Si3 intermetallic compound was successfully prepared through electro-deoxidation in the molten calcium chloride at 900 °C. Constant voltage electro-deoxidation was conducted using a preformed TiO2/SiO2 cathode and a carbon anode. The product on the cathode was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results suggested that the electro-deoxidation reduction of TiO2/SiO2 composite was the following: TiO2 was firstly reduced to be suboxide (Ti2O3) and then into the Ti, SiO2 was converted to Si, then Si was reacted with Ti to form Ti5Si3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)146-150
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume582
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Calcium chloride
  • Molten salts

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