Investigation of the SHS process initiation in the base mixture during HFC heating and the dependence of the combustion rate on various factors

This work is devoted to the study of promising materials - liquid-phase systems aluminum-boron oxide. These materials after SHS process form a boride coating that provides high strength and wear resistance of steel parts. The article describes the features of the initiated SHS process and the nature of the mixture combustion, studies of the HFC heating effect for SHS process. At the first research stage, the dependence of initiation SHS in all investigated compositions on the characteristic size of the sample and the composition of the base mixture was determined. The combustion rate was estimated from the combustion time of the sample from one end of the sample to the other. The burning rate was also estimated SHS-compositions on the particle size of the reagents. At the second stage of the research, the composition of the base mixture was modified by the introduction of a flux P-0.66. The addition of flux made it possible to significantly reduce the burning rate and compare in time SHS process obtaining boron during combustion of a modified composition and the process of HFC boriding high-speed