Carbide-nanopowders produced by electrical explosion of wires

Phase compositions of nanopowders prepared by electrical explosion of tungsten, titanium and aluminium wires in liquid hydrocarbons (C ₆H₆, C₆H₁₄, C₆H ₅CH₃, and C10H22), multicomponent reactionary surroundings such as hexametilenetetramine-decane suspension, and solid paraffin were investigated. It has been established that the output of carbon-saturated carbide phases increases with increasing density and dynamic viscosity of the working medium as well as consumed energy, and depends on elemental composition of hydrocarbons (C/H ratio in hydrocarbon molecules). The content of the carbide phases depends on the values of the upper warm-up border of chemical compounds stability.