DEFORMATION OF INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES

Pack aluminide coatings were performed on a Ti-Al-Cr-Nb alloy doped with zirconium and yttrium having two phase of a2-Ti3Al and g-TiAl microstructure. The high activity TiAl3-based coating was developed from aluminizing process carried out at 850°C for 25 hours in a pack containing 20%-wt Al, 2%wt NH4Cl, and 78%wt Al2O3. During applications at high temperatures, the coating can degrade due to the interaction between the coated system and the environment exhibit high corrosion potentials. This study investigates the hot corrosion behavior of high-activity aluminide coated Zr-Y doped a2-Ti3Al/g-TiAlCrNb intermetallic alloy at 700°C, 800°C, and 900°C in a mixture of 90% Na2SO4 and 10% NaCl. The experimental results showed that the addition of Zr and Y in the alloy reduces significantly the hot corrosion rate of the coating as resulted from the interdiffusion of these elements from the alloy to the coatings and influence the behavior of the TiAl3-based coatings.

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In situ REM imaging of surface processes on ceramic bulk crystals from 300 to 1670 K in a conventional TEM

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100087616 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. 660-661

Author(s):

Z. L. Wang ◽

J. Bentley

Keyword(s):

High Temperatures ◽

Image Resolution ◽

Atomic Processes ◽

Crystal Surfaces ◽

Beam Radiation ◽

Surface Areas ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Reflection Electron Microscopy ◽

Gas Reactions

Studying the behavior of surfaces at high temperatures is of great importance for understanding the properties of ceramics and associated surface-gas reactions. Atomic processes occurring on bulk crystal surfaces at high temperatures can be recorded by reflection electron microscopy (REM) in a conventional transmission electron microscope (TEM) with relatively high resolution, because REM is especially sensitive to atomic-height steps.Improved REM image resolution with a FEG: Cleaved surfaces of a-alumina (012) exhibit atomic flatness with steps of height about 5 Å, determined by reference to a screw (or near screw) dislocation with a presumed Burgers vector of b = (1/3)<012> (see Fig. 1). Steps of heights less than about 0.8 Å can be clearly resolved only with a field emission gun (FEG) (Fig. 2). The small steps are formed by the surface oscillating between the closely packed O and Al stacking layers. The bands of dark contrast (Fig. 2b) are the result of beam radiation damage to surface areas initially terminated with O ions.

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The microstructure of a TiB2/Ti-47 Al composite material

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100155347 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 674-675

Author(s):

O. Popoola ◽

A.H. Heuer ◽

P. Pirouz

Keyword(s):

Composite Material ◽

Ion Beam ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Intermetallic Alloys ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Diamond Polishing ◽

Al Composite ◽

The Matrix ◽

Argon Ion ◽

And Chemical Properties

The addition of fibres or particles (TiB2, SiC etc.) into TiAl intermetallic alloys could increase their toughness without compromising their good high temperature mechanical and chemical properties. This paper briefly discribes the microstructure developed by a TiAl/TiB2 composite material fabricated with the XD™ process and forged at 960°C.The specimens for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were prepared in the usual way (i.e. diamond polishing and argon ion beam thinning) and examined on a JEOL 4000EX for microstucture and on a Philips 400T equipped with a SiLi detector for microanalyses.The matrix was predominantly γ (TiAl with L10 structure) and α2(TisAl with DO 19 structure) phases with various morphologies shown in figure 1.

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ALCHEMI of B2-Ordered Fe50Al45Me5 alloys

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100165203 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 548-549

Author(s):

Ian M. Anderson

Keyword(s):

Room Temperature ◽

Iron Aluminide ◽

Low Density ◽

Intermetallic Alloys ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Alloying Additions ◽

Site Distribution ◽

Good Corrosion Resistance ◽

Room Temperature Ductility ◽

The Matrix

B2-ordered iron aluminide intermetallic alloys exhibit a combination of attractive properties such as low density and good corrosion resistance. However, the practical applications of these alloys are limited by their poor fracture toughness and low room temperature ductility. One current strategy for overcoming these undesirable properties is to attempt to modify the basic chemistry of the materials with alloying additions. These changes in the chemistry of the material cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of the site-distribution of the alloying elements. In this paper, the site-distributions of a series of 3d-transition metal alloying additions in B2-ordered iron aluminides are studied with ALCHEMI.A series of seven alloys of stoichiometry Fe50AL45Me5, with Me = {Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu}, were prepared with identical heating cycles. Microalloying additions of 0.2% B and 0.1% Zr were also incorporated to strengthen the grain boundaries, but these alloying additions have little influence on the matrix chemistry and are incidental to this study.

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