Aluminum titanium carbide
Molecular formula: Ti3AlC2
CAS code: 196506-01-1
Properties: gray black powder
Melting point: 2000℃
Molecular weight: 195.7

Titanium-aluminum carbide is a new type of ternary layered ceramic material with unique properties, which has been widely concerned by material scientists and physicists. Titanium carbide aluminum (Ti3AlC2) is a hexagonal crystal system, and has the characteristics of metals and ceramics: it has the same electrical and thermal conductivity as metal, but also has high elastic modulus and excellent high temperature mechanical properties similar to ceramics, with good electrical and thermal conductivity, high elastic modulus and low Vickers hardness, good damage resistance; Can be cut at room temperature, can produce plastic deformation at high temperature; It also has good high temperature stability and oxidation resistance. At the same time, it also has good thermal shock resistance, damage resistance and excellent chemical corrosion resistance. MAX phase ceramics (including Ti3SiC2, Ti3AlC2, etc.) are a new type of machined conductive ceramic materials. These ceramics contain more than sixty ternary carbides or nitrides. M represents the front metal element of the transition family; A represents the main group elements, mainly the elements of the third and fourth main groups; X stands for carbon or nitrogen. Ti3SiC2 is the most widely studied. Ti3SiC2 was successfully synthesized by the hot pressing method in 1996 by Professor Barsoum M's research group of Drexel University in the United States, and its excellent performance was found. Due to the unique nanolayered crystal structure, these ceramic materials have oxidation resistance, self-lubrication, high fracture toughness at room temperature and conductive properties. This kind of material can be widely used for high temperature structural materials, electrode brush materials, chemical anti-corrosion materials and high temperature heating bodies. Products are mainly used in high temperature coatings, MXene precursors, conductive self-lubricating ceramics, lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, electrochemical catalysis.

Uses: Max special ceramic materials, electronic materials, high temperature structural materials, electrode brush materials, chemical anti-corrosion materials and high temperature heating materials.

Technical parameters of Ti3AlC2: