PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Novák, Pavel AU - Michalcová, Alena AU - Marek, Ivo AU - Voděrová, Milena AU - Vojtěch, Dalibor TI - Possibilities of the observation of chemical reactions during the preparation of intermetallics by reactive sintering DP - 2012 Dec 1 TA - Manufacturing Technology Journal PG - 197--201 VI - 12 IP - 2 AID - 10.21062/ujep/x.2012/a/1213-2489/MT/12/2/197 IS - 12132489 AB - During reactive sintering production of intermetallic compounds, the thermally-activated reactions usually proceed very rapidly. Therefore the description of the reaction mechanisms is a challenge for current scientists. This work presents four approaches, how to succeed in this task. Thermal analysis, reaction front quenching method, in situ diffraction analysis and process modelling are described.