Temperature dependence of TiN/TiAl3/Ti2AlN composite material electric resistivity

The TiN/TiAl3/Ti2AlN composite material was obtained by filtration combustion of the porous TiAl intermetallic samples in gaseous nitrogen. X-ray phase analysis of combustion products provided data to calculate the weight content of each phase as follows: 42 wt.% TiN, 35 wt.% TiAl3, 20 wt.% Ti2AlN and 3 wt.% TiAl. The synthesized composite material containing Ti2AlN МАХ phase features good electrical conductivity of a metallic nature. Specific electrical resistance of the synthesized material was measured by a standard 4-point procedure at constant current in the temperature range 300–1300 K in vacuum 2·10–3 Pa. It was found that specific electrical resistance grows linearly from 0.35 to 1.25 μΩ·m as temperature rises. Subsequent measurements of this indicator at the following heating/cooling cycles demonstrated full agreement of obtained results. This fact indicates that the material has stable electrophysical properties in the investigated temperature range.