Synthesis of nanocrystalline TiC powder from impure Ti chips via mechanical alloying

In this research, the possibility of preparing TiC from inexpensive raw material was investigated. Impure Ti chips and carbon black were placed in a high-energy ball mill and sampled in different milling times. The XRD analyses showed that in the times more than 15 h of milling all the raw materials were changed to the desired materials. From the broadening of the diffraction lines in the XRD patterns, it was concluded that the TiC crystallites were nanosized and the lattice parameter had deviated slightly from the standard size.