TiC vs Ti50C50: What Do the Numbers Mean?

[physicist888]

hi everyone
i hope that someone can explain to me what's the different with a crystalline TiC and a Ti50C50, actually what does the numbers (50) represents?
thanks

 

[Redbelly98]

It looks like the "50" is just the percentage of that element in the alloy. Apparently the numbers always add up to 100, for example:

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996JAP...80.1910Y
"Different reaction mechanisms during mechanical alloying Ti₅₀C₅₀ and Ti₃₃B₆₇"

So TiC and Ti₅₀C₅₀ seem to be the same thing.

edit: Thinking about this some more ... TiC might just be a general name for any Ti+C alloy, for example it could include Ti₆₀C₄₀ or any other combination. It would be good if somebody else could answer this question.