Mechanochemical Synthesis of Hafnium Carbide using Amorphous Carbon from Plant Materials

Abstract

The paper presents the results of studying mechanochemical synthesis of hafnium carbide in the process of vibration treatment of the mixture of powders of hafnium and amorphous carbon obtained by pyrolytic processing of plant materials. Phase compositions, morphology, as well as fractional and chemical compositions of the synthesized products were studied. It has been found that the use of carbon obtained from plant materials is beneficial for the mechanochemical synthesis of highly-dispersed hafnium carbide with low sulfur content.