dc.description.abstract | ThispaperdescribesastudyexploringmillingandsubsequentheattreatmentsofpureIrO2andTa2O5powders.ReactantsweremilledunderAratmosphereinaSPEX8000Dmill,withstructural,morphological,andcompositionalcharacterizations(duringmillingandaftersubsequentheattreatments)byX-raydiffraction,energy-dispersivespectroscopy,andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy.Electrochemicalstabilityofpowderswasevaluatedbyopencircuitpotential(OCP).ResultsshowedthatthemechanicalenergytransferredduringthisprocessinducesareactionbetweenIrO2andTa2O5,formingmetallicIrandIr(Ta)O2saturatedsolidsolution.Thestudyadditionallyshowsthatthisreactioncanbethermallyinducedwithpreviousmechanicalactivationofreactants.Electrochemicaleval-uationsofmilledpowdersimmersedinH2SO4solutionrevealedthatOCPshiftsnegativelywithincreasingmillingtime,approachingthatofpureIrat15hmilling | |