Comparative Assessment of Crystallographic Phase Stability of Anatase and Rutile TiO2 at Dynamic Shock Wave Loaded Conditions

Abstract In the present research article, authors have experimentally evaluated the shock wave resistant properties of technologically potential materials of the anatase and the rutile phase TiO2 nanoparticles at the dynamic shock wave loaded conditions. The shock wave resistant behavior has been quantitatively drawn utilizing the crystallographic phase stability of the test samples for which the required crystallographic information has been extracted from the powder XRD patterns. Based on our observed experimental results as well as the respective interpretations, it is strongly authenticated that Rutile TiO2 NPs are suitable candidates for aerospace and defense industrial applications of materials fabrications because of the outstanding shock resistant properties than that of Anatase TiO2 NPs which undergo the crystallographic phase transition of rutile-TiO2 at shocked conditions.