Comparative Assessment of Crystallographic Phase Stability of Anatase and Rutile TiO2 at Dynamic Shock Wave Loaded Conditions

S. A. Martin Britto Dhas,S. Sahaya Jude Dhas,A. Sivakumar,P. Sivaprakash,S. Arumugam,S. Kalaiarasi,M. Jose

doi:10.1007/s10904-021-02161-4

Abstract

In the present research article, authors have experimentally evaluated the shock wave resistant properties of technologically potential materials of the anatase and the rutile phase TiO2 nanoparticles at the dynamic shock wave loaded conditions. The shock wave resistant behavior has been quantitatively drawn utilizing the crystallographic phase stability of the test samples for which the required crystallographic information has been extracted from the powder XRD patterns. Based on our observed experimental results as well as the respective interpretations, it is strongly authenticated that Rutile TiO2 NPs are suitable candidates for aerospace and defense industrial applications of materials fabrications because of the outstanding shock resistant properties than that of Anatase TiO2 NPs which undergo the crystallographic phase transition of rutile-TiO2 at shocked conditions.

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Shock wave experiments on materials could throw light anew each time when a systematic analysis is undertaken such that they have the prospective potential of rekindling of innovation for the state-of-theart modern technology which maneuvers the researchers to take up the task of unearthing the hidden wonders of functional materials as there are a lot of possible scope for aerospace and defense applications
Based on the analysis on the above listed crystal structures, the primary phases of anatase, rutile and brookite phases of TiO2 NPs are being widely used in industrial applications [27]
One sample each has been kept as the control sample while the respective remaining three samples for each phase have been sent for shock wave loading experiments. 30, 60 and 90 shock pulses have been loaded on the samples

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License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials on December 3rd, 2021. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-021-02161-4.

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