Conducting materials based on nanodispersed titanium monoxide

Abstract

The possibility of obtaining the TiO compound during mechanical activation of rutile and titanium in a planetary mill was studied depending on ball size and the activation time. The initial substances, TiO2 (rutile) and Ti (metal), were shown to change into TiO almost completely during grinding as early as after ten minutes. In this case the cubic modification of TiO formed, with the lattice parameter a=4.185(7) ? and particles of 1-3 ?m, which consisted of units about 10 nm in size. The other subject of our research was the dependence of the conductivity of the products on the conditions under which they were moulded and sintered under argon. The conductivity of the samples was in the range 300 to 600 S cm-1. Their chemical resistance equaled that of Ti4O7 samples.