CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, vol.46, no.5, pp.5645-5648, 2020 (SCI-Expanded)
Nanocrystalline silicon carbide (3C-SiC) particles have been irradiated by neutron flux (2 x 10(13) n.cm(-2) s(-1)) up to 5 h at the TRIGA Mark II type research reactor. At the present work, thermal properties of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC are comparatively investigated before and after neutron irradiation at the 300 K < T < 1300 K ranges. Simultaneously, the DSC (Scanning Calorimetry), TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) and DTG (Differential Thermogravimetric Analysis) experiments were conducted from 300 K up to 1300 K. Oxidation mechanism of nanocrystalline 3C-SiC particles have been theoretically and experimentally studied before and after neutron irradiation. The kinetics of mass and heat flux were analysed at the heating and cooling processes using DSC spectroscopy.