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In situ composite formation in Ti-Al-Si ternary system

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    Abstract

    Three stoichiometric TiAlSi-based metastable alloys (i.e. Ti-14Al-21Si, Ti-11Al-21Si and Ti-9Al-27Si, at.%) have been synthesized by mechanical alloying (MA). It has been found, by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM), that these metastable phases (or precursors) are mainly in nano-structures, with partially amorphous phases as for the alloy Ti-14Al-21Si. Importantly, investigation of these metastable phases during heating (by using differential thermal analysis, DTA) shows a hierarchical change in phase transition, and particularly Ti5Si3 is in situ formed via a phase transition path TiSi2 → TiSi → Ti5Si4 → Ti5Si3. This is meaningful in materials design using a kinetics bias strategy. Microstructures of fully densified Ti5Si3/TiAl in situ composites have been observed by optical microscope.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)361-366
    JournalJournal of Materials Processing Technology
    Volume89-90
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 19 May 1999
    Event4th Asia Pacific Conference on Materials Processing (APCMP 1999) - , Singapore
    Duration: 19 May 199920 May 1999

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