The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology awarded a doctorate degree to the student, Domoa Reyad Hussien, Department of Materials Engineering / University of Technology for her thesis titled
Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Novel Zirconium Metal-based MAX phases Zr2AX(A=AL, Sn & X = graphene Nano Sheet ) by pressureless sintering”
The discussion took place in the postgraduate hall located in Building B within the department on Sunday, 5/11/2023 at nine o'clock in the morning, and the discussion committee consisted of ladies and Gentlemen
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Musleh Salman, Chairman
- Prof. Dr. Farhad Muhammad Al-Othman, member
- Asst.Prof.Dr. Kazem Matar Shabib, member
- Asst.Prof.Dr.Muhammad Abdel Hussein Muhammad, member
- Asst.Prof.Dr. Muhammad Jawad Kazem, member
- Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Hassan Al-Ghabban, Supervisor
- Asst.Prof.Dr.. Khaled Khudair Abbas,Supervisor
In addition, the thesis was scientifically evaluated by Prof Dr. Qusay Abdel Hamid/University of Technology/Department of Chemical Engineering, and Prof. Dr. Raouf Muhammad Raouf/Al-Mustansiriya University/College of Engineering/Department of Materials Engineering, and linguistically by Asst.Prof.Dr. Laith Waddah Ismail/University of Technology/Department of Materials Engineering
After the examination committee recorded its comments on the thesis, which covered both explanation and correction, the student's defense of her thesis, and the conclusion of the discussion, the committee convened to evaluate the thesis. They decided to award the student a doctorate degree with a pass grade
Abstract
This study aims to prepare novel MAX phases with plausible purity using pressureless sintering and then study microstructure characteristics electrical properties and thermal conductivity of the MAX phase . The novelty of this research is to utilize graphite or single-layer nano-graphene sheet in the structure of the MAX phase including zirconium metal-based MAX phases Zr2AC (A = Aluminum, Tin). And the results The synthesized novel Zr2Al-GNS with purity 49.0 wt % and Zr2Sn-GNS MAX phase with purity 61.2 wt % at 1150 °C and 1300 °C, respectively.
