Special characteristics of the filtration combustion of the system Ti–C–N in an audio-frequency sound field

The influence of sound fields on the filtration combustion of mixtures of titanium and carbon in nitrogen on the kinetics of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis and on the chemical and phase composition of the synthesis products is investigated. It is shown that filtration hindrances in a wide layer of the sample vanish if the charge material has an initial relative density of 0.2. The carbonitride component is formed most completely when the atomic fraction of carbon in the initial charge has values of 0.3 and 0.5. The optimum acoustic frequency stimulating the filtration of nitrogen deep within the briquette and yielding the most complete nitriding process is the resonance frequency of the acoustic system. Fast-framing photography exhibits the transient nature of the filtration combustion of titanium–carbon mixtures in nitrogen.