Increase in Thermal Stability of Hydride of the Titanium
Abstract
The paper presents the results of studies of the modification of the surface of a fraction of titanium hydride with borosiloxanes in order to increase its thermal stability at high temperatures and protect titanium from oxidation for possible use as a heat-resistant neutron-protective material in nuclear power engineering. A theoretical model has been developed for modifying a fraction of titanium hydride with borosilicate by
sol-gel technology from aqueous solutions of sodium organosilicinate and boric acid. The technology for modifying titanium hydride consists in the preliminary chemical activation of the surface of the fraction by a silicone oligomer - sodium organosilicinate (OSN) followed by treatment with boric acid, separation of the solid phase of titanium hydride and subsequent drying at 100 ∘C. During the synthesis of sodium borosilicate
and its thermal treatment in the temperature range 100-500 ∘C, complex structuralphase rearrangements were observed. At 100 ∘C, an amorphous-crystalline silicate of CH3 (Si30.4B1.6O64) Na monoclinic syngony with large crystal lattice parameters was formed. The thermal treatment of the borosilicate coating at 300 ∘C led to a
change in the radiographic characteristics of the crystalline phase and the formation of a monoclinic NaBSi2O5
(OH)2 structure with continuous layers of silicon-oxygen tetrahedra. Further crystallization of borosilicate at a temperature of 500 ∘C leads to the formation of a silicate of the skeleton type NaBSi3O8 of triclinic syngony. Above 500 ∘C, sodium borosilicate passes into a glassy state.
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