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Bulk samples of Ti4AIN3 were fabricated by reactive hot isostatic pressing (hipping) of TiH2, AlN, and TiN powders at 1275 °C for 24 hours under 70 MPa. Further annealing at 1325 °C for 168 hours under Ar resulted in dense, predominantly single-phase samples, with <1 vol pct of TiN as a secondary phase. This ternary nitride, with a grain size of ≈20 µm on average, is relatively soft (Vickers hardness 2.5 GPa), lightweight (4.6 g/cm3), and machinable. Its Young’s and shear moduli are 310 and 127 GPa, respectively. The compressive and flexural strengths at room temperature are 475 and 350 MPa, respectively. At 1000 °C, the deformation is plastic, with a maximum compressive stress of ≈450 MPa. Ti4AlN3 thermal shocks gradually, whereby the largest strength loss (50 pct) is seen at a ΔT of 1000 °C. Further increases in quench temperature, however, increase the retained strength before it ultimately decreases once again. This material is also damage tolerant; a 100 N-load diamond indentation, which produced an ≈0.4 mm defect, reduces the flexural strength by only ≈12 pct. The thermal-expansion coefficient in the 25 °C to 1100 °C temperature range is 9.7±0.2 × 10−6 °C−1. The room-temperature electrical conductivity is 0.5 × 106 (Θ · m)−1. The resistivity increases linearly with increasing temperature. Ti4AlN3 is stable up to 1500 °C in Ar, but decomposes in air to form TiN at ≈1400 °C.
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Barsoum, M.W., El-Raghy, T. & Procopio, A. Characterization of Ti4AlN3 . Metall Mater Trans A 31, 333–337 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-000-0268-y
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