Laboratory of Technology of SHS Processes
Transition metal alloys, titanium-based applied alloys, solid-state hydrogen storage materials, high- and medium-entropy alloys, MAX phases, metal hydrides, carbides, and nitrides.
Scientific Goals:
The research of the laboratory focuses on expanding the application of the Hydride Cycle (HC) method for synthesizing TiFe- and TiV-based hydrogen storage alloys, multicomponent and high-entropy alloys of refractory metals, and titanium-based commercial alloys. It also includes the study of Ti-Zr-Hf-based nitride medium-entropy MAX phases and the synthesis processes of alloy hydrides, metal carbides, and metal nitrides by the Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis (SHS) method. The physicochemical and structural properties of these materials are investigated to develop synthesis technologies for the mentioned alloy classes and their hydrides, carbides, and nitrides.
Laboratory Staff
The laboratory is composed of 11 employees: Head of the Laboratory (PhD), 3 researchers (2 PhDs), 3 junior researchers (1 PhD), 1 senior engineer, 2 senior laboratory assistants, and 1 laboratory assistant.
Main scientific achievements of Laboratory:
- for the first time as a result of study of SHS processes in the metal-carbon systems, the synthesis of nonstoichiometric titanium carbides of various composition were realized.
- The combustion processes in the Me-Si and Ti/Zr-C-B systems has been studied systematically. Complex titanium and zirconium carbo-borides, and the MoSi2, Mo(Si,Al)2, TiSi2, ZrSi2, NbSi2, TaSi2 silicides have been synthesized. A technology for obtaining molybdenum disilicide MoSi2 and alumino-silicide Mo(Si,Al)2 has been developed.
- Сombustion of metals in hydrogen
- Thermal-radiation processes in Me-H systems
- Compacting of hydrides
- Development of new “Hydride cycle” method for synthesis of alloys and intermetallics of transition metals
- Synthesis of Max-Phases in “Hydride Cycle”
- Practical elaborations (Basic results in R&D)
Total number of employees – 10, of which:
Dr. Sci. – 2
PhD – 2
Researcher MS – 4
Senior engineer – 1
Laboratory assistant – 1
