najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМОnajo-1601Research ArticleCHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS SCIENCEХИМИЯ И НАУКА О МАТЕРИАЛАХSELF-PROPAGATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS OF Zr-BASED CERAMICS FROM Zr–B4C COMPOSITE POWDERhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-3000-8778YagudinLeonid Dmitrievichyagudinld@icloud.comhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-1953-2359DranikMaria Sergeevnam.dranik@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-7116MalkinAlexander Igorevichmlkn@list.ruChizhevskayaSvetlana Vladimirovnachizhrctu@rambler.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-0082ZhukovAlexander Vasilievichlexzhukov@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-6054NikiforovaGalina Evgenievnagen@igic.ras.ruFrumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationMendeleev University of Chemical TechnologyRussian FederationKurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation2026050320261711601Copyright © Yagudin L.D., Dranik M.S., Malkin A.I., Chizhevskaya S.V., Zhukov A.V., Nikiforova G.E., 20262026Yagudin L.D., Dranik M.S., Malkin A.I., Chizhevskaya S.V., Zhukov A.V., Nikiforova G.E.Yagudin L.D., Dranik M.S., Malkin A.I., Chizhevskaya S.V., Zhukov A.V., Nikiforova G.E.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1601

The ZrB2–ZrC ceramic powders were prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) using Zr–B4C composite powders as a precursor. Composite powders were obtained by ball milling in hexane (3÷12 min). The structure, morphology, phase and fractional composition were investigated for both composite powders and SHS products. It was found that B4C grains are intensively embedded in Zr, and their distribution in composite particles becomes uniform by 9 min of ball milling. The possible route of the SHS reaction is proposed.

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