PT Journal AU Novak, P Michalcova, A Marek, I Voderova, M Vojtech, D TI Possibilities of the observation of chemical reactions during the preparation of intermetallics by reactive sintering SO Manufacturing Technology Journal PY 2012 BP 197 EP 201 VL 12 IS 2 DI 10.21062/ujep/x.2012/a/1213-2489/MT/12/2/197 DE reactive sintering; powder metallurgy; microscopy; phase analysis; thermal analysis 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. ER