Rotary powder bed chemical vapour deposition of titanium nitride on spherical iron powder

Titanium nitride (TiN) was coated on to spherical iron powder by the rotary powder bed chemical vapour deposition technique using a reactant gas of the TiCl₄-N₂-H₂ system. The dispersibility of the coated powder was significantly improved by the adsorption of the reactant gas on to the rotating particles during raising the temperature. Polycrystalline TiN film, having a columnar structure of a few micrometres was coated on to the iron powder, typically at a deposition temperature of 1000° C and at a treatment time of 80 min. The TiN-coated iron powder showed an oxidation resistance up to about 650° C.