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Reaction Of Liquid Aluminium- Samarium Alloys With B4c At Ultra High Temperatures, Sanjay Shantha-Kumar
Reaction Of Liquid Aluminium- Samarium Alloys With B4c At Ultra High Temperatures, Sanjay Shantha-Kumar
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Reactive studies between a packed bed of B4C and Al-Sm-Me (Me = Ti, Zr, Hf) alloy melts were carried out under a pseudo-isopiestic thermodynamic system. A graphite enclosure isolated the system under a temperature gradient with one end reaching temperatures greater than 1800 K and the opposite end of the graphite enclosure contains liquid Al with temperatures approximating 950 K. The liquid Al establishes an oxygen potential to control oxidation of very reactive elements (i.e., Al, Sm and Ti). The Al-Sm-Me alloy infuses into a packed bed of B4C reacting exothermically to form borides and carbides depending on the thermodynamic …