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SEM image of recovered block (a) and its backscattered electron image (b), enlarged backscattered image (c) (b) (a) (c) Figure 8 (a) shows the cross-section of one block and the central large cavity suggests that the block is formed by cooling from a molten part. The backscattered image (Fig. 8 (b) and (c)) illustrates the distribution of the elements where bright area is composed of heavy element(s) and dark area includes light element(s). In Fig.8 (c), there are two compositionally different areas. Since the bright region is composed of heavy element(s), such region close to the central cavity seems to be titanium nitride. The other area close to the edge of a block is considered as titanium- aluminum nitride(s). Experiment #2 (d = 10mm) Results ~Experiment #2~SEM Images Position No. Ti content (at %) Al conten (at %) N content (at %) 1 40.30 4.07 55.63 2 60.86 18.22 20.92 Mapping analysis suggest that the central area is composed of TiN and the other area is composed of titanium-aluminum nitride whose composition is closer to Ti3AlN. The area composed of Ti2AlN is not clearly confirmed by the SEM and EPMA images because of the slight difference in the chemical composition in the area containing titanium, aluminum and nitrogen. Since titanium-aluminum nitride was confirmed especially in the edge of the block, the location should be closer to the central axis of the powder container. SEM 1 2 Ti 50mm Al N Results ~Experiment #2~EPMA Results Experiment #2 (d = 10mm) Chemical components measured by EPMA for recovered block. Mapping of elements for recovered block taken by EPMA Results ~Experiment #2~Reaction process It is considered that the aluminum jet plays a role to ignite a sustainable reaction between the components placed at the position based on the SHS (Self-propagating High-temperature synthesis) process. During the cooling from liquid, the area was separated into small fragments (blocks) and central and other caviti