In this work, the influence of the technological parameters of the detonation method on the formation of metal oxide compounds on the basis of titanium was investigated. The aim of the work was to investigate the method of the effective control of the phase composition and microstructure of titanium-based coatings during detonation spraying. The main parameters that varied in detonation spraying were the volume of filling the detonation barrel with explosive mixture and the oxygen/fuel ratio. The mechanism of formation of the gradient structure of coatings based on metal oxide compounds depending on the technological parameters of detonation spraying was considered. The structural-phase states and tribological properties of detonation coatings were investigated by the following methods: X-ray phase analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX-mapping), profilometry, and the test for wear-resistance according to the “ball-disk” scheme. It is shown that the phase composition of coatings may significantly change relative to the initial titanium powder during the detonation spraying due to the interaction of particles of powders with components of the gas atmosphere. Varying the spraying parameters may control the chemical reaction and provide conditions for the synthesis of the desired phases in the coatings (titanium oxide TiO2 and Ti2O3).

This work discusses the possibility of decomposing magnesium fluoride by ionized water vapor to form solid magnesium oxide and hydrogen gas in the reaction: MgF2 + H2O → MgO + 2HF. The technology and individual apparatuses of the plasma-chemical installation are described, and the influence of the fractional composition of magnesium fluoride powder on the productivity of the plasma conversion process is considered. To improve the efficiency of the plasma pyrolysis process, a method for making magnesium fluoride briquettes was developed. The completeness of the conversion process of magnesium fluoride to an oxide was evaluated by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in the study of objects in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and by X-ray diffractometry. It was found that the conversion process of magnesium fluoride to magnesium oxide has a relatively high degree of decomposition of magnesium fluoride fraction ≤75 µm. The use of the proposed processing method makes it possible to obtain pure magnesium oxide as a commercial product and to utilize fluorine-containing industrial waste.