The relationship of dispersion and properties of powder materials on the example of titanium oxide bronze

Abstract

The subject of this work is oxide potassium-titanium bronzes. The purpose of the work: to establish the relationship between the dispersion of samples of oxide potassium-titanium bronze and its physicochemical properties. Synthesis methods: self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS), mechanosynthesis. Research methods used in the work: X-ray phase analysis (XRF), optical method for determining particle size, four-probe method for determining electrical conductivity, thermal analysis, method for determining chemical resistance. Results of the study: particle sizes were determined, which are 400, 200 and 40 nm. The work is devoted to the study of the influence of fineness on the structure and physicochemical properties of compounds of variable composition on the example of titanium oxide bronzes. A nanocrystalline sample of oxide potassium-titanium bronze was obtained by mechanosynthesis, coarse powders were obtained by SHS. The obtained samples were identified by X-ray phase analysis. The optical method of analysis determined the particle sizes, which are 400, 200 and 40 nm. It has been established that nanocrystalline samples of oxide potassium-titanium bronze are less resistant to aggressive media. Reducing the particle size does not affect the thermal stability. In the transition to nanoscale, the specific electrical conductivity increases by 1.5 times and amounts to 0,076 Ohm-1cm-1. The volume density of defects in the nanocrystalline structure of oxide potassium-titanium bronze is calculated, which is 1013 cm-2.