Abstract: Titanium aluminium carbide (Ti₃AlC₂) powder was fabricated through combustion synthesis
process by using Ti, Al, C and TiC powders as raw materials. The experimental results show that the phase formation of the final product
is affected by the addition of TiC exceptionally. TiC is the main phase in the final product under the condition of no addition of TiC in the
raw materials. However, Ti₃AlC₂ becomes the main phase with the addition of TiC in the raw materials. Furthermore, the amount of
Ti₃AlC₂ is enhanced with increasing the amount of TiC addition in the raw materials and decreasing the combustion temperatures.
The addition of Ti₃AlC₂ as seed crystal is beneficial to form Ti₃AlC₂.

Key words: combustion synthesis, Ti-Al-C systems, Ti₃AlC₂, TiC