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Tungsten Carbide Nanopowder Synthesis under the Influence of Microwave Electromagnetic Radiation on a W–C System Nanocomposite Produced in a Thermal Plasma

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The effect of processing multicomponent nanopowders of the W–C system, obtained by plasma-chemical synthesis, in microwave fields with a frequency of 2.45 and 24 GHz generated using a magnetron and gyrotron, respectively, is studied experimentally. It is established that microwave processing results in the formation of nanosized particles of tungsten carbide WC. The influence of processing time on the phase, disperse, and chemical compositions of nanopowders is investigated.

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This work was supported by the Program of Fundamental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences according to priority directions 14P “Physical Chemistry of Adsorption Phenomena and Actinide Nanoparticles.”

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    A. V. Vodopyanov, A. A. Sorokin & S. V. Sintsov

  2. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Samokhin, N. V. Alekseev & M. A. Sinaisky

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Vodopyanov, A.V., Sorokin, A.A., Sintsov, S.V. et al. Tungsten Carbide Nanopowder Synthesis under the Influence of Microwave Electromagnetic Radiation on a W–C System Nanocomposite Produced in a Thermal Plasma. Inorg. Mater. Appl. Res. 12, 735–739 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075113321030382

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