TITLE: Solid Solubility Effect on Properties of Titanium Diboride

J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 70 [11] 793-797, 1987.

By W.A. Zdaniewski

TITLE: Magnesothermic Synthesis of Ultrafine TiB₂, Its Reactivity and Retention of O and C Impurities in Consolidated Compacts

Proc. of the 7th CIMTEC Conference, June 24-30, 1990, Montecatini, Italy. Editor: P. Vincenzini.

By J. Puszynski, S. Majorowski, V. Hlavacek and W.A. Zdaniewski

Self-propagating, high-temperature synthesis of TiB₂ from TiO₂ and B₂ O₃ oxides in presence of Mg was carried to synthesize powder with high specific surface area. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of powder TiB₂ showed surface layer of residual oxides, which after hot pressing, were accomodated into the crystal structure. Hot pressed TiB₂ articles also contained an admixture of Ti_xC_y and Ti_xN_y.   BN, MgO_x and C impurities were present both in the powder and in the hot pressed diborides.

TITLE: Thermal Decomposition of Organic Binders in Mineral Oxides Dispersions

Final report, Engelhard Co. 1990.

By W.A. Zdaniewski and W.O. Sharry.

TITLE: Interdiffusion, Solid Solution Formation and Strengthening of TiB₂-HfB₂ Ceramics

Report prepared for the NSF, Washington, DC. 1992.

TITLE: XPS Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy Studies of Ni₃Al Prepared by Self Propagating High Temperature Synthesis

University of Buffalo, No 13237, 1993.

By W.A. Zdaniewski and J. Puszynski.