Vanadium-titanium carbide inclusion in graphite from hydrothermal ejecta at 13°N, east pacific rise

Abstract

An inclusion of vanadium-titanium carbide has been found in oceanic hydrothermal graphite by scanning electron microscopy; its composition was determined by electron microprobe. This represents a new find in the system TiC-VC, to which belongs khamrabaevite (Ti, V)C. The conditions of formation of the V-Ti carbide, corresponding to the iron-magnetite buffer, could be encountered during the serpentinization of basalt.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe