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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">najo</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Наносистемы: физика, химия, математика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2220-8054</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2305-7971</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Университет ИТМО</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17586/2220-8054-2026-17-1-97-106</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">najo-1693</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ХИМИЯ И НАУКА О МАТЕРИАЛАХ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of Zr-based ceramics from Zr–B4C composite powder</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Cамораспространяющийся высокотемпературный синтез керамик на основе циркония из композиционного порошка Zr-B4C</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1953-2359</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Драник</surname><given-names>М. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dranik</surname><given-names>M. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Maria S.Dranik</p><p>Leninskii prosp., 31.4, Moscow, 119071</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">m.dranik@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3000-8778</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ягудин</surname><given-names>Л. Д.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Yagudin</surname><given-names>L. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Leonid D.Yagudin</p><p>Leninskii prosp.,31.4,Moscow,119071</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">yagudinld@icloud.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-7116</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Малкин</surname><given-names>А. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Malkin</surname><given-names>A. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexander I. Malkin</p><p>Leninskii prosp., 31.4, Moscow, 119071</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mlkn@list.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1574-7951</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чижевская</surname><given-names>С. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chizhevskaya</surname><given-names>S. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Svetlana V. Chizhevskaya</p><p>Miusskayasq., 9,Moscow, 125047</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">chizhrctu@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-0082</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Жуков</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhukov</surname><given-names>A. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexander V. Zhukov</p><p>Miusskaya sq., 9, Moscow, 125047</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">lexzhukov@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2892-6054</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Никифорова</surname><given-names>Г. Е.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nikiforova</surname><given-names>G. E.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Galina E. Nikiforova</p><p>Leninskii prosp., 31, Moscow, 119991</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gen@igic.ras.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>04</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>97</fpage><lpage>106</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Dranik M.S., Yagudin L.D., Malkin A.I., Chizhevskaya S.V., Zhukov A.V., Nikiforova G.E., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Драник М.С., Ягудин Л.Д., Малкин А.И., Чижевская С.В., Жуков А.В., Никифорова Г.Е.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Dranik M.S., Yagudin L.D., Malkin A.I., Chizhevskaya S.V., Zhukov A.V., Nikiforova G.E.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1693">https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1693</self-uri><abstract><p>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.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В работе получены керамические порошки ZrB2-ZrC методом самораспространяющегося высокотемпературного синтеза (СВС) из композиционных порошков-прекурсоров Zr-B4C. Композиционные порошки были получены путем механообработки смеси порошков Zr и B4C в планетарной шаровой мельнице в течение 3-12 минут среде гексана. Изучена структура, морфология, фазовый и фракционный состав композиционных порошков-прекурсоров и керамических порошков, полученных методом СВС. Показано, что в процессе механообработки частицы B4C интенсивно внедряются в Zr, достигая равномерного распределения спустя 9 минут обработки. Сделано предположение о возможном механизме СВС.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ультравысокотемпературная керамика</kwd><kwd>керамический порошок</kwd><kwd>самораспространяющийся высокотемпературный синтез</kwd><kwd>шаровой размол</kwd><kwd>цирконий</kwd><kwd>карбид бора</kwd><kwd>диборид циркония</kwd><kwd>карбид циркония</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>ultra-high temperature ceramics</kwd><kwd>ceramic powder</kwd><kwd>self-propagating high-temperature synthesis</kwd><kwd>ball milling</kwd><kwd>zirconium</kwd><kwd>boron carbide</kwd><kwd>zirconium diboride</kwd><kwd>zirconium carbide</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Golla B.R., et al. 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