Oxidation behavior of reactively synthesized porous Ti3(Si,Al)C2 compound at 800 °C in ambient air

Abstract

Abstract Porous MAX compound combines the advantages of metals and ceramics, and has great filtration application prospects in harsh environments. In this work, porous Ti3(Si,Al)C2 was prepared by reaction synthesis of elemental powders, and its cyclic oxidation resistance at 800 °C for 100 h was studied. The synthesized Ti3(Si,Al)C2 has the MAX phase purity above 99 vol% with the maximum aperture, open porosity and permeability of 5.3 μm, 42.9% and 16.27 m3·m−2·kPa−1·h−1, respectively. The oxidation kinetics of porous Ti3(Si,Al)C2 is divided into two stages, which includes the linear law for the initial period within the first 10 h and the parabolic law for the subsequent stable period with their oxidation rate constants of 1.37 × 10−2 h−1 and 4.76 × 10−4 h−1, respectively. The final oxide layer is composed of rutile TiO2 and Al3Ti5O2 phases. In the stable stage, the maximum aperture and open porosity remain nearly constant with slight linear reduction rates of 4.32 × 10−3 μm·h−1 and 5.58 × 10−2%·h−1, which are 2.1% and 3.6% of those in the initial stage, respectively. In the last oxidation procedure of 40 h, the permeability decreases by 2.8%, showing a high stability. The high-temperature oxidation process for porous Ti3(Si,Al)C2 maintains a high and stable permeability and enhances the filtration accuracy by 96.3%, which improves the filtration performance.