Densification of super-refractory carbide ceramics by laser remelting for laser-induced mass spectrometry

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This paper provides a modification method for the surface layer of mixed tantalum–hafnium carbide samples to obtain the samples with extremely high density required for reliable implementation of the experiments related to the mass spectrometry of vapor generated during the laser-induced evaporation. Such samples were obtained by remelting the surface layer of tantalum–hafnium carbide ceramics using a series of subsecond laser pulses. Analysis of the obtained remelted areas has shown that the crystallized melt area is single-phase mixed carbide, namely a solid solution of the HfC – TaC system that is characterized by a highly uniform distribution of tantalum and hafnium throughout the remelted area. The time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to study the evolution of vapor components during the laser-induced evaporation process of pre-melted carbide that demonstrated a good correlation with the surface temperature in contrast to the experiments with the sintered ceramics.

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Aleksander M. Frolov

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: m.froloff@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3091-9451

Cand.of Sc. (Phys.&Math.), Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Pavel S. Vervikishko

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: miptbusiness@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4527-6524

Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Tatiana V. Bgasheva

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: 1.8.1@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5258-0153

Research Fellow, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Sergei V. Petukhov

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: petuhov.sergey@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3852-1314

leading engineer, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Alexander S. Bulava

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bulava.as@phystech.edu
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-4804-7056

research fellow, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Mikhaik V. Brykin

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mbrykin@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8046-888X

senior researcher, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

Mikhail A. Sheindlin

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: sheindlin@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4960-7757

Dr. of Sc.(Phys.&Math.), Head of laboratory, Laboratory of Extreme Energy Impacts

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the sample melting setup (source [4])

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3. Fig. 2. Sample section (50 mol % HfC) through the melt region (SEM image): a) – magnification 76x; b) – magnification 189x

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4. Fig. 3. XRD pattern of the remelted region of the 0.5TaC-0.5HfC carbide sample

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5. Fig. 4. Dependence of laser power, temperature and intensity of the hafnium line in the mass spectra of vapor during evaporation of carbide 0.5HfC–0.5TaC

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6. Fig. 5. Temperature dependence of the relative partial pressure of hafnium during the laser-induced evaporation of a pre-melted sample with 50 mol % HfC

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