Transition metal carbides are interesting materials with a singular combination of properties,
such as high melting points, high hardness, good transport properties and relatively low …

Present work reviewed the discovery of new MAX phases since 2004. To date, there were
new compounds synthesized in the Ti–Si–C (Ti4SiC3, Ti5Si2C3 and Ti7Si2C5), Ti–Al–C …

This review summarizes the phase stability in the group IVB (Ti‐C; Zr‐C; Hf‐C) and group
VB (V‐C; Nb‐C; Ta‐C) transition‐metal carbides. The order parameter functional (OPF) …

Carbides in the Ta–C system were prepared by hot‐pressing mixed powders of TaC and Ta
in C/Ta atomic ratios of 1.0, 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, and 0.6 at 1800° C for 2 h. The compositions, 1.0 …

Using ab-initio calculations, the stability of various stable and metastable group IVB and VB
transition metal carbide compounds at ambient pressure and 0 K were investigated. By …

Using a variable-composition ab initio evolutionary algorithm, the stability of various
tantalum carbide compounds at ambient pressure and at 0 K was investigated. The results …

The structure of nonstoichiometric carbide phase ζ-Ta4C3− x formed in the tantalum–carbon
(Ta–C) system is studied by X-ray and neutron powder diffraction and metallography …

Data on order–disorder phase transformations in strongly nonstoichiometric carbides and
nitrides MX y (X= C, N) of Group IV and V transition metals at temperatures below 1300 …

Multi-phase ceramics in the TaC–TaB2–C system were prepared from TaC and B4C
mixtures by reactive pressureless sintering at 1700–1900° C. The pressureless densification …

This paper explores the fracture behavior of niobium carbides of varying compositions
between NbC 1.0 and NbC 0.5. The surface crack in flexure (SCF) method was used to …