Applied Physics and Mathematics Annotation << Back THERMODYNAMIC ESTIMATION OF ALLOTROPIC CARBON FORMS INFLUENCE ON TITANIUM CARBIDE SYNTHESIS IN ALUMINUM MELT A.D. RYBAKOV, A.R. LUTS, D.V. ZAKAMOV, A.P. AMOSOV The paper demonstrates the study results of parameters of titanium carbide synthesis by the reaction Ti+C=TiC in aluminum melt using traditional and recently discovered nanostructured allotropic carbon modifications (graphite, carbyne, diamond, carbon black, fullerene C60, fullerene C70, multi-walled carbon nanotubes) and adding the salt Na2TiF6. Calculations were held using «Thermo» software based on minimization of thermodynamic potential method. Adiabatic temperature variation was studied as well as TiC target phase synthesis possibility, probability of the formation of ceramic, intermetallic byproduct phases and gaseous refining products. Based on obtained data, the recommendations were developed on using carbon forms as initial components for the TiC synthesis in the combustion mode (self-propagating high-temperature synthesis) to manufacture aluminum-titanium carbide composite. Keywords: composite material, aluminum, melt, carbon, titanium carbide, self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. DOI: 10.25791/pfim.02.2021.1193 Pp. 12-21.