Disperse composition of titanium nitride nanopowders synthesized in thermal plasma
The form of the size distribution functions for TiN nanopowders produced in plasma synthesis process during the interaction of TiH powder as well as TiCl and H vapor with nitrogen plasma are determined. Formation of TiN nanoparticles from TiH2 4 2 2powder and TiCl vapor is found to be occurred due to “vapor-crystal” macromechanism without the stage of coagulatory4growth of the particles. As a result of lognormal distribution of the nanoparticles residence time in the growth zone, the TiN sizedistribution is lognormal, too.