Nickel aluminides, combustion synthesis

Combustion synthesis of nickel aluminides in the VCS mode was first demonstrated during sintering of a Ni-Al mixture (Naiborodenko et al, 1968). Shortly thereafter, the SHS mode of combustion synthesis was reported for a variety of aluminides, including those of Ni, Zr, Ti, Cr, Co, Mo, and Cu (Naiborodenko et al, 1970, 1982 Naiborodenko and Itin, 1975a,b Maslov et al, 1976, 1979 Itin et al, 1980). 

Rabin, B. H., Bose, A., and German, R. M., Combustion synthesis of nickel aluminides. In Combustion and Plasma Synthesis of High-Temperamre Materials (Z. A. Munir and J. B. Holt, eds.). VCH PubUshers, New York, 1990, p. 114. 

Rogachev, A. S., Khomenko, I. O., Varma, A., Merzhanov, A. G., and Ponomarev, V. I., The mechanism of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of nickel aluminides. Part II Crystal structure formation in a combustion wave. Int. J. SHS, 3,239 (1994a). 

K. A. Philpot and Z. A. Munir, The influence of pre-ignition processes on the combustion synthesis of nickel aluminides, in Materials Processing by Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis. K. A. Gabriel, S. G. Wax, and J. W. McCauley (Eds), 1987, p. 105. 

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