Titanium Carbide Nanocrystals Synthesized from a Metatitanic Acid-Sucrose Precursor via a Carbothermal Reduction

Table 1

Specific surface area, specific pore volume, and average pore diameter of the (a) as-received MTA, (b) MTA heat-treated at 600°C for 1 h in air, (c) TiC synthesized from precursor T at 1500°C, and (d) TiC synthesized from precursor M at 1500°C.

Samples	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
Specific surface area (BET; m^2/g)	377.3	79.38	94.78	79.41
Average pore diameter (BJH desorption; nm)	3.88	8.43	19.7 & 2.6	25.0 & 2.6
Specific pore volume (BJH desorption; cm^3/g)	0.30	0.27	0.20	0.10