Solid state phase transformation characteristics of the body centred β（Ti） into the hexagonal closed packed α（Ti） in Ti45AI8Nb-（0, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 at. pct） B alloys were investigated by heat treatment to clar...Solid state phase transformation characteristics of the body centred β（Ti） into the hexagonal closed packed α（Ti） in Ti45AI8Nb-（0, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 at. pct） B alloys were investigated by heat treatment to clarify γ/α2 lamellar microstructure refinement induced by B addition. Experimental results confirmed two kinds of boron-reduced grain refinement mechanisms through refining either/β phase then α phase （β-refinement） or α phase directly （α-refinement） to refine lamellar microstructure at room temperature; however, the role of α-refinement dominated the as-cast alloy. It was also found that during the lamellar microstructure refinement β-refinement the convoluted flake over β-refinement in Ti45Al8NbxB and plate-like borides along β grain boundaries assisted nucleation of α phase, and the particle-like borides nearβ grain boundaries impeded α phase growth.展开更多
Microstructures and deformation properties of Ti-46Al-(Cr,Nb,W,B)alloy consolidated by pseudo-HIP technology were investigated.The results show that the pseudo-HIP temperature has a significant effect on microstructur...Microstructures and deformation properties of Ti-46Al-(Cr,Nb,W,B)alloy consolidated by pseudo-HIP technology were investigated.The results show that the pseudo-HIP temperature has a significant effect on microstructures.When the sintering temperature is 1 100℃,the microstructure of as-pseudo-HIPped alloy is similar to that of the prealloyed powder and the interfaces of these powder particles are still discernible,but a nearγmicrostructure appears in particles.Increasing the pressing temperature to 1 200℃develops successfully a homogeneous and fine-grained duplex microstructure.A typically fully lamellar microstructure with residualβphase is developed at 1 300℃.The compact exhibits excellent deformation properties at elevated temperatures. When the compression temperature is higher than 1 100℃,high quality products without cracks can be obtained even if the engineering compression strain is up to 0.8 at strain rates of 10-2-10-3s-1.It can be established that the mechanical twinning and matrix deformation due to ordinary dislocation slip/climb contribute to the whole hot deformation.展开更多
The phase transformation behavior of an as-cast Ti-42Al-5 Mn(at.%)alloy after subsequent quenching from 1380℃to 1000℃was investigated based on the differential thermal analysis(DTA),electron probe micro analyzer-bac...The phase transformation behavior of an as-cast Ti-42Al-5 Mn(at.%)alloy after subsequent quenching from 1380℃to 1000℃was investigated based on the differential thermal analysis(DTA),electron probe micro analyzer-backscattered electrons(EPMA-BSE),transmission electron microscope(TEM)and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The results show that,the solidification path can be summarized as follows:Liquid→Liquid+β→β→β→α→β+α+γ→βo+α2+γ→βo+γ+α2/γ→βo+γ+α2/γ+βo,sec,with the phase transformationα→βtemperature(Tβ)=1311℃,phase transformationγ→βtemperature of(Tγsolv)=1231℃,phase transformationα2→αorβo→βtemperature(Tα2→α/Tβo→β)=1168 C,eutectoid temperature(Teut)=1132℃and T(α2/γ→βo,sec)≈1120℃.In comparison with Ti-42 Al alloy,the Teut and Tγsolv are slightly increased while both the Tp is decreased obviously by 5%Mn addition.When quenched from the temperature of 1380-1260℃,the martensitic transformationβ→α'could occur to form the needlelike martensite structure inβarea.This kind of martensitic structure is much obvious with the increase of temperature from 1260℃to 1380℃.When the temperature is below Tγsolv(1231℃),theγgrains would nucleate directly from theβphase.For the temperature slightly lower than T(eut)(1132℃),the dottedβ(o,sec)phases could nucleate in the lamellar colonies besides theγlamellae precipitated withinα2 phase.Finally,at room-temperature(RT),the alloy exhibits(po+α2+γ)triple phase with microstructure ofβo+lamellae+γ,of which the lamellar structure consists ofα2,γandβo,sec phases.The phase transformation mechanisms in this alloy,involvingβ→α',β→γ,α2→α2/γandα2→βo,sec were discussed.展开更多
In order to understand the effect of Mo alloying on the microstructural evolution of TiAl alloy, the as-cast microstructure, heat treated microstructure characteristic, and hot compression microstructure evolution of ...In order to understand the effect of Mo alloying on the microstructural evolution of TiAl alloy, the as-cast microstructure, heat treated microstructure characteristic, and hot compression microstructure evolution of Ti-44Al alloy have been studied in this work. The as-cast microstructure morphology changes from （γ＋α2） lamellar colony and β/β0＋γ mixture structure to β/β0 phase matrix widmannstatten structure, when Mo content increases from 2 at.% to 6 at.%. Affected by the relationship between β phase and α90℃phase, the angles between the lamellar orientation and the block β/β0 phase are roughly at 0℃, 45℃ and 90℃. Comparing with heat treatment microstructure, the hot compression microstructure contains less β/β0 phase, however, theβ/β0 phase containing 2Mo alloy and 3Mo alloy hot compressed at 1275 ℃ has the inverse tendency. In addition, （α2 ＋γ） colony is decomposed by the discontinuous transformation.2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science ＆ Technology.展开更多
A γ-TiAI intermetallic alloy, Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn （at.%）-0.8 vol.%TiB2, has been processed from gas atomized praalloyed powder by field assisted hot pressing （FAHP）. An initial analysis of the prealloyed powder helpe...A γ-TiAI intermetallic alloy, Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn （at.%）-0.8 vol.%TiB2, has been processed from gas atomized praalloyed powder by field assisted hot pressing （FAHP）. An initial analysis of the prealloyed powder helped on the understanding of the intermetallic sintering behavior. Atomized powder consisted of α metastable phase that transformed into α2＋γ equilibrium phases by thermal treating. Different powder particle microstructures were found, which influence the microstructure development of the FAHP T-TiAI material depending on the sintering temperature. Duplex, nearly lamellar and fully lamellar microstructures were obtained at the sintaring temperatures above 1000 ℃. Lower consolidation temperatures, below 1000 ℃, led to the formation of an AI rich phase at powder particle boundaries, which is deleterious to the mechanical properties. High compressive yield strength of 1050 MPa was observed in samples with FAHP duplex microstructures at room temperature. Whereas nearly lamellar and fully lamellar microstructures showed yield strength values of 655 and 626 MPa at room temperature and 440 and 425 MPa at 750 ℃, respectively, which are superior in comparison to similar alloys processed by other techniques. These excellent properties can be explained due to the different volume fractions of the α2 and γ phases and the refinement of the PM microstructures.展开更多
Powder of Ti-46at.%Al was synthesized through mechanical activation （MA） for different milling times, and the 16 h MAed powder was sintered by using a spark plasma sintering （SPS） process at different sintering te...Powder of Ti-46at.%Al was synthesized through mechanical activation （MA） for different milling times, and the 16 h MAed powder was sintered by using a spark plasma sintering （SPS） process at different sintering temperatures. The XRD profiles showed that the MAed Ti-46at,%Al powder for 12, 16, and 20 h contained initial α-Ti and Al phases, and that the SPSed TiAl alloys contained the gamma TiAl and α2-Ti3Al phases. The TEM showed two different types of regions in the 16 h MAed Ti-46at.%Al powder. One type consisted of only Al with a grain size about 80 nm, and the other type a mixture of Al and Ti with a grain size of 30 nm. According to the optical micrographs of MA-SPSed samples, the alloys sintered at higher temperatures showed a coarser microstructure. In the case of the 1473 Ksintering, typical duplex structures （（α2 ＋γ） lamella and γ phases） with interlamellar spacings of 50-400 nm and the grain size either less than 100 nm, or 1000 nm were observed.展开更多
The effects of boron on the solidification behaviors of Ti45AlxB alloys were studied by high temperature samples. These samples were melted at 1823 K, followed by cooling to the designated temperature, and then quickl...The effects of boron on the solidification behaviors of Ti45AlxB alloys were studied by high temperature samples. These samples were melted at 1823 K, followed by cooling to the designated temperature, and then quickly water-quenched to preserve the solidification features. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the solidus temperature of Ti45Al was really reduced by 20 K when adding 0.8 at. pct B, and it was also observed that boride precipitated before the appearance of β phase. Besides, solidification structure confirmed that B addition does not obviously refine β phase, α grain refinement by certain amount of B in alloy probably clarifies the mechanism of B refining lamellar microstructure at room temperature.展开更多
Ti2AIN/TiAI composites with different volume fractions of reinforcement were successfully fabricated by hot-pressing sintering method （reaction hot pressing） using Ti, Al and TiN powders as starting materials. The s...Ti2AIN/TiAI composites with different volume fractions of reinforcement were successfully fabricated by hot-pressing sintering method （reaction hot pressing） using Ti, Al and TiN powders as starting materials. The synthesis process includes four stages： first, the reactions between Al and Ti powers and between Al and TiN powders respectively occur and result in TiAl3 phase; secondly, AI powders in the sample are exhausted; the remaining Ti cores react with TiAl3 layer to form Ti-Al intermetallics; moreover, a few Ti2AlN particles precipitate from the TiAl3 phase; thirdly, Ti-Al intermetallics react with the remaining Ti cores to form Ti3Al and TiAl phases. TiAl phase and original TiN powers are in direct contact each other; finally, the residual TiN powers react with TiAl phase and result in a plenty of TizAIN phase. Compared with TiAl matrix, the hardness, elastic modulus and high-temperature compressive strength of Ti2AlN/TiAl composite are improved obviously and they are all enhanced with increasing the volume fraction of Ti2AlN phase.展开更多
Primary solidification phase and lamellar orientation are investigated in Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy at very high ratio of temperature gradient to growth rate （G/v） by a liquid-metal-cooled directionally solidified method. I...Primary solidification phase and lamellar orientation are investigated in Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy at very high ratio of temperature gradient to growth rate （G/v） by a liquid-metal-cooled directionally solidified method. It shows that Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy solidifies with primary ct phase. Longitudinal （parallel to growth direction） microstructure shows that a dendrites in solid-liquid mushy zone are discontinuous and transverse mierostructure of a dendrites is worm-like feature. Growth direction of a phase is about 80° away from （0001）,a direction, and close to （1120） a direction. The corresponding lamellar orientation is aligned at the angle of about 10° to growth direction, which is consistent with a-dendrite growth direction according to Blackburn orientation relationship. Therefore, due to the altered growth direction of a phase, the lamellar orientation in Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy is controlled at the G/v ratio of 5 × 10^9 K.sm^-2.展开更多
Microalloying is an effective approach to improve the mechanical properties of γ-TiAl intermetallic compound.Knowledge about the site occupancy of the ternary alloying element in the crystal lattice ofγ-TiAl is high...Microalloying is an effective approach to improve the mechanical properties of γ-TiAl intermetallic compound.Knowledge about the site occupancy of the ternary alloying element in the crystal lattice ofγ-TiAl is highly demanded in order to understand the physics underlying the alloying effect.Previous first-principle methods-based thermodynamic models for the determination of the site occupancy were based on the point defect gas approximation with the interaction between the point defects neglected.In the present work,we include the point defect interaction energy in the thermodynamic model,which allows us to predict the site occupancy of the ternary alloying element inγ-TiAl beyond the point defect gas approximation.The model is applied to theγ-TiAl-Nb alloy.We show that,at low temperature,the site occupancy of Nb atoms depends on the composition of the alloy:Nb atoms occupy the A1 sublattice for the Ti-rich alloy but occupy Ti sublattice for the Al-rich alloy.The fraction of Nb atoms occupying A1 sublattice in the Ti-rich alloy decreases drastically,whereas the fraction of Nb atoms on the Ti sublattice in the Al-rich alloy decreases slightly with increasing temperature.At high temperature,Nb atoms occupy dominantly the Ti sublattice for both the Ti-rich and Al-rich alloys.The interaction between the point defects makes the Ti sublattice more favorable for the Nb atoms to occupy.展开更多
Hot deformation behavior, microstructural evolution and flow softening mechanism were investigated in Ti-46A1-8Nb alloy via isothermal compression approach. The true stress-strain curves exhibited typical work hardeni...Hot deformation behavior, microstructural evolution and flow softening mechanism were investigated in Ti-46A1-8Nb alloy via isothermal compression approach. The true stress-strain curves exhibited typical work hardening and flow softening, in which the dependence of the peak stress on temperature and strain rate was obtained by hyperbolic sine equation with Zener-Hollomon （Z） parameter, and the activation energy was calculated to be 446.9 kJ/mol. The microstructural analysis shows that the alternate dark and light deformed ribbons of Al-rich and Nb-rich regions appeared and were associated with local flow involving solute segregation. The Al segregation promoted flow softening mainly arising from the recrystaUization of V phase with low stacking fault energy. The coarse recrystallized 7 and several massive phase were observed at grain boundaries. While in the case of Nb segregation, t/B2 phase harmonized bending of lamellae, combined with the growth of recrystallized γ grains and α ＋ β ＋ γ→α＋ γ transition under conditions of temperature and stress, leading to the breakdown of α2/γ lamellar colony. During the hot compression process, gliding and dissociation of dislocations occurred in γ phase that acted as the main softening mechanism, leading to extensive γ twins and cross twins in α/γ lamellae and at grain boundaries. In general, homogeneous microstructure during the hot defor- mation process can be obtained in TiAl alloy with high Nb addition and low Al segregation. The deformation substructures intrinsically promote the formability of Ti--46Al-8Nb alloy.展开更多
Powder of Ti-46at%Al alloy was synthesized through mechanical activation（MA） and then sintered and concurrently consolidated in a short sintering time of 900 s by using a spark plasma sintering（SPS） process. The X...Powder of Ti-46at%Al alloy was synthesized through mechanical activation（MA） and then sintered and concurrently consolidated in a short sintering time of 900 s by using a spark plasma sintering（SPS） process. The XRD and SEM profiles show that the microstructures of TiAl alloys contained γ TiAl and small amount α-2 Ti3Al phase, whose amount can be controlled by the sintering temperature. The compacts retained the original fine-grained fully densified bodies by avoiding an excessively high sintering temperature. The alloys sintered at higher temperature with this process showed a coarser microstructure. So it is possible to produce dense nanostructured TiAl alloys by mechanically activated spark plasma sintering （MASPS） within a very short period of time.展开更多
文摘Solid state phase transformation characteristics of the body centred β（Ti） into the hexagonal closed packed α（Ti） in Ti45AI8Nb-（0, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.8 at. pct） B alloys were investigated by heat treatment to clarify γ/α2 lamellar microstructure refinement induced by B addition. Experimental results confirmed two kinds of boron-reduced grain refinement mechanisms through refining either/β phase then α phase （β-refinement） or α phase directly （α-refinement） to refine lamellar microstructure at room temperature; however, the role of α-refinement dominated the as-cast alloy. It was also found that during the lamellar microstructure refinement β-refinement the convoluted flake over β-refinement in Ti45Al8NbxB and plate-like borides along β grain boundaries assisted nucleation of α phase, and the particle-like borides nearβ grain boundaries impeded α phase growth.
基金Project(1343-74236000008)supported by Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for PostgraduateProject(2008AA03A233)supported by the High-tech Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(2007BAE07B05)supported by the National Science and Technology Planed Project of China
文摘Microstructures and deformation properties of Ti-46Al-(Cr,Nb,W,B)alloy consolidated by pseudo-HIP technology were investigated.The results show that the pseudo-HIP temperature has a significant effect on microstructures.When the sintering temperature is 1 100℃,the microstructure of as-pseudo-HIPped alloy is similar to that of the prealloyed powder and the interfaces of these powder particles are still discernible,but a nearγmicrostructure appears in particles.Increasing the pressing temperature to 1 200℃develops successfully a homogeneous and fine-grained duplex microstructure.A typically fully lamellar microstructure with residualβphase is developed at 1 300℃.The compact exhibits excellent deformation properties at elevated temperatures. When the compression temperature is higher than 1 100℃,high quality products without cracks can be obtained even if the engineering compression strain is up to 0.8 at strain rates of 10-2-10-3s-1.It can be established that the mechanical twinning and matrix deformation due to ordinary dislocation slip/climb contribute to the whole hot deformation.
文摘The phase transformation behavior of an as-cast Ti-42Al-5 Mn(at.%)alloy after subsequent quenching from 1380℃to 1000℃was investigated based on the differential thermal analysis(DTA),electron probe micro analyzer-backscattered electrons(EPMA-BSE),transmission electron microscope(TEM)and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The results show that,the solidification path can be summarized as follows:Liquid→Liquid+β→β→β→α→β+α+γ→βo+α2+γ→βo+γ+α2/γ→βo+γ+α2/γ+βo,sec,with the phase transformationα→βtemperature(Tβ)=1311℃,phase transformationγ→βtemperature of(Tγsolv)=1231℃,phase transformationα2→αorβo→βtemperature(Tα2→α/Tβo→β)=1168 C,eutectoid temperature(Teut)=1132℃and T(α2/γ→βo,sec)≈1120℃.In comparison with Ti-42 Al alloy,the Teut and Tγsolv are slightly increased while both the Tp is decreased obviously by 5%Mn addition.When quenched from the temperature of 1380-1260℃,the martensitic transformationβ→α'could occur to form the needlelike martensite structure inβarea.This kind of martensitic structure is much obvious with the increase of temperature from 1260℃to 1380℃.When the temperature is below Tγsolv(1231℃),theγgrains would nucleate directly from theβphase.For the temperature slightly lower than T(eut)(1132℃),the dottedβ(o,sec)phases could nucleate in the lamellar colonies besides theγlamellae precipitated withinα2 phase.Finally,at room-temperature(RT),the alloy exhibits(po+α2+γ)triple phase with microstructure ofβo+lamellae+γ,of which the lamellar structure consists ofα2,γandβo,sec phases.The phase transformation mechanisms in this alloy,involvingβ→α',β→γ,α2→α2/γandα2→βo,sec were discussed.
基金supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51604191, 51504163 and5 1501100)the Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Shanxi Province, China (No. 201701D221075)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metal and Materials foundation (No. 2014-ZD06)the Special/Youth Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology (Nos. 2015QN014, 2013T004 and 2013T003)the financial support of the Qualified Personnel Foundation of Taiyuan University of Technology (Nos. tyutrc201342a and tyutrc201343a)
文摘In order to understand the effect of Mo alloying on the microstructural evolution of TiAl alloy, the as-cast microstructure, heat treated microstructure characteristic, and hot compression microstructure evolution of Ti-44Al alloy have been studied in this work. The as-cast microstructure morphology changes from （γ＋α2） lamellar colony and β/β0＋γ mixture structure to β/β0 phase matrix widmannstatten structure, when Mo content increases from 2 at.% to 6 at.%. Affected by the relationship between β phase and α90℃phase, the angles between the lamellar orientation and the block β/β0 phase are roughly at 0℃, 45℃ and 90℃. Comparing with heat treatment microstructure, the hot compression microstructure contains less β/β0 phase, however, theβ/β0 phase containing 2Mo alloy and 3Mo alloy hot compressed at 1275 ℃ has the inverse tendency. In addition, （α2 ＋γ） colony is decomposed by the discontinuous transformation.2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science ＆ Technology.
基金Funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through projects MAT2009-14547-C02-01 and MAT200914547-C02-02The Madrid Regional Government partially supported this project through the ESTRUMAT (Grant No.P2009/MAT-1585)
文摘A γ-TiAI intermetallic alloy, Ti-45Al-2Nb-2Mn （at.%）-0.8 vol.%TiB2, has been processed from gas atomized praalloyed powder by field assisted hot pressing （FAHP）. An initial analysis of the prealloyed powder helped on the understanding of the intermetallic sintering behavior. Atomized powder consisted of α metastable phase that transformed into α2＋γ equilibrium phases by thermal treating. Different powder particle microstructures were found, which influence the microstructure development of the FAHP T-TiAI material depending on the sintering temperature. Duplex, nearly lamellar and fully lamellar microstructures were obtained at the sintaring temperatures above 1000 ℃. Lower consolidation temperatures, below 1000 ℃, led to the formation of an AI rich phase at powder particle boundaries, which is deleterious to the mechanical properties. High compressive yield strength of 1050 MPa was observed in samples with FAHP duplex microstructures at room temperature. Whereas nearly lamellar and fully lamellar microstructures showed yield strength values of 655 and 626 MPa at room temperature and 440 and 425 MPa at 750 ℃, respectively, which are superior in comparison to similar alloys processed by other techniques. These excellent properties can be explained due to the different volume fractions of the α2 and γ phases and the refinement of the PM microstructures.
基金the High Technology Development Program of Hubei Province, China (No. 2001AA101B02).
文摘Powder of Ti-46at.%Al was synthesized through mechanical activation （MA） for different milling times, and the 16 h MAed powder was sintered by using a spark plasma sintering （SPS） process at different sintering temperatures. The XRD profiles showed that the MAed Ti-46at,%Al powder for 12, 16, and 20 h contained initial α-Ti and Al phases, and that the SPSed TiAl alloys contained the gamma TiAl and α2-Ti3Al phases. The TEM showed two different types of regions in the 16 h MAed Ti-46at.%Al powder. One type consisted of only Al with a grain size about 80 nm, and the other type a mixture of Al and Ti with a grain size of 30 nm. According to the optical micrographs of MA-SPSed samples, the alloys sintered at higher temperatures showed a coarser microstructure. In the case of the 1473 Ksintering, typical duplex structures （（α2 ＋γ） lamella and γ phases） with interlamellar spacings of 50-400 nm and the grain size either less than 100 nm, or 1000 nm were observed.
文摘The effects of boron on the solidification behaviors of Ti45AlxB alloys were studied by high temperature samples. These samples were melted at 1823 K, followed by cooling to the designated temperature, and then quickly water-quenched to preserve the solidification features. Optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy analysis shows that the solidus temperature of Ti45Al was really reduced by 20 K when adding 0.8 at. pct B, and it was also observed that boride precipitated before the appearance of β phase. Besides, solidification structure confirmed that B addition does not obviously refine β phase, α grain refinement by certain amount of B in alloy probably clarifies the mechanism of B refining lamellar microstructure at room temperature.
文摘Ti2AIN/TiAI composites with different volume fractions of reinforcement were successfully fabricated by hot-pressing sintering method （reaction hot pressing） using Ti, Al and TiN powders as starting materials. The synthesis process includes four stages： first, the reactions between Al and Ti powers and between Al and TiN powders respectively occur and result in TiAl3 phase; secondly, AI powders in the sample are exhausted; the remaining Ti cores react with TiAl3 layer to form Ti-Al intermetallics; moreover, a few Ti2AlN particles precipitate from the TiAl3 phase; thirdly, Ti-Al intermetallics react with the remaining Ti cores to form Ti3Al and TiAl phases. TiAl phase and original TiN powers are in direct contact each other; finally, the residual TiN powers react with TiAl phase and result in a plenty of TizAIN phase. Compared with TiAl matrix, the hardness, elastic modulus and high-temperature compressive strength of Ti2AlN/TiAl composite are improved obviously and they are all enhanced with increasing the volume fraction of Ti2AlN phase.
文摘Primary solidification phase and lamellar orientation are investigated in Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy at very high ratio of temperature gradient to growth rate （G/v） by a liquid-metal-cooled directionally solidified method. It shows that Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy solidifies with primary ct phase. Longitudinal （parallel to growth direction） microstructure shows that a dendrites in solid-liquid mushy zone are discontinuous and transverse mierostructure of a dendrites is worm-like feature. Growth direction of a phase is about 80° away from （0001）,a direction, and close to （1120） a direction. The corresponding lamellar orientation is aligned at the angle of about 10° to growth direction, which is consistent with a-dendrite growth direction according to Blackburn orientation relationship. Therefore, due to the altered growth direction of a phase, the lamellar orientation in Ti-45Al-7Nb alloy is controlled at the G/v ratio of 5 × 10^9 K.sm^-2.
基金financial supports from the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No.2016YFB0701301the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.91860107
文摘Microalloying is an effective approach to improve the mechanical properties of γ-TiAl intermetallic compound.Knowledge about the site occupancy of the ternary alloying element in the crystal lattice ofγ-TiAl is highly demanded in order to understand the physics underlying the alloying effect.Previous first-principle methods-based thermodynamic models for the determination of the site occupancy were based on the point defect gas approximation with the interaction between the point defects neglected.In the present work,we include the point defect interaction energy in the thermodynamic model,which allows us to predict the site occupancy of the ternary alloying element inγ-TiAl beyond the point defect gas approximation.The model is applied to theγ-TiAl-Nb alloy.We show that,at low temperature,the site occupancy of Nb atoms depends on the composition of the alloy:Nb atoms occupy the A1 sublattice for the Ti-rich alloy but occupy Ti sublattice for the Al-rich alloy.The fraction of Nb atoms occupying A1 sublattice in the Ti-rich alloy decreases drastically,whereas the fraction of Nb atoms on the Ti sublattice in the Al-rich alloy decreases slightly with increasing temperature.At high temperature,Nb atoms occupy dominantly the Ti sublattice for both the Ti-rich and Al-rich alloys.The interaction between the point defects makes the Ti sublattice more favorable for the Nb atoms to occupy.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFB0301201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51504060,51301140)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.N160713001)
文摘Hot deformation behavior, microstructural evolution and flow softening mechanism were investigated in Ti-46A1-8Nb alloy via isothermal compression approach. The true stress-strain curves exhibited typical work hardening and flow softening, in which the dependence of the peak stress on temperature and strain rate was obtained by hyperbolic sine equation with Zener-Hollomon （Z） parameter, and the activation energy was calculated to be 446.9 kJ/mol. The microstructural analysis shows that the alternate dark and light deformed ribbons of Al-rich and Nb-rich regions appeared and were associated with local flow involving solute segregation. The Al segregation promoted flow softening mainly arising from the recrystaUization of V phase with low stacking fault energy. The coarse recrystallized 7 and several massive phase were observed at grain boundaries. While in the case of Nb segregation, t/B2 phase harmonized bending of lamellae, combined with the growth of recrystallized γ grains and α ＋ β ＋ γ→α＋ γ transition under conditions of temperature and stress, leading to the breakdown of α2/γ lamellar colony. During the hot compression process, gliding and dissociation of dislocations occurred in γ phase that acted as the main softening mechanism, leading to extensive γ twins and cross twins in α/γ lamellae and at grain boundaries. In general, homogeneous microstructure during the hot defor- mation process can be obtained in TiAl alloy with high Nb addition and low Al segregation. The deformation substructures intrinsically promote the formability of Ti--46Al-8Nb alloy.
基金the High Technology Development Program of Hubei Province (No. 2001AA101B02)
文摘Powder of Ti-46at%Al alloy was synthesized through mechanical activation（MA） and then sintered and concurrently consolidated in a short sintering time of 900 s by using a spark plasma sintering（SPS） process. The XRD and SEM profiles show that the microstructures of TiAl alloys contained γ TiAl and small amount α-2 Ti3Al phase, whose amount can be controlled by the sintering temperature. The compacts retained the original fine-grained fully densified bodies by avoiding an excessively high sintering temperature. The alloys sintered at higher temperature with this process showed a coarser microstructure. So it is possible to produce dense nanostructured TiAl alloys by mechanically activated spark plasma sintering （MASPS） within a very short period of time.
