AI Taotao

(Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723003)

Abstract: The layered ternary compound Ti₃SiC₂ has a hexagonal crystallographic structure. It combines both the merits of the metals and ceramics and possesses lots of attractive properties such as excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, good machinability, high oxidation and chemical corrosion resistance, good thermal shock resistance and good self -lubrication abilities. High -performance Ti₃SiC₂ can be widely used in the fields of instrument, metallurgy, chemical engineering,automobile, ship craft and aerospace. In the present paper, the structure, performance, fabrication method and application of Ti₃SiC₂are introduced.

Keywords: Ti₃SiC₂, layered ternary compound, machinable, fabrication, application