Deformation-induced α2 ↔ γ phase transformation in a Ti–48Al–2Cr alloy

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2145-2150 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. X. Zhang ◽  
H. Q. Ye

The structure of γ–α2 interfaces in deformed Ti–48Al–2Cr alloy was analyzed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM) and image simulations. Growth of γ–TiAl plate in α2–Ti3Al phase was found to be a result of a ledge mechanism consisting of Shockley partial dislocations on alternate (0001)α2 planes. The height of the ledges was always a multiple of two (0001)α2 planes. The γ → α2 phase transformation was also an interface-related process. Large ledges of six close packed planes (111)γ high were often observed at the γ–α2 interface. Every large ledge consisted of six Shockley partial dislocations that originated from the γ–a2 interfacial lattice misfit. The movement of these partial dislocations accomplished the transformation of γ → α2 phase. Comparing the experimental and simulated HREM image, it was found that atomic reordering appears during the deformation-induced γ↔α2 transformation.

1990 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Singh ◽  
J. M. Howe

ABSTRACTThe structure of γ/α interfaces in binary and Ta-containing TiAl alloys were analyzed by HRTEM and image simulations. Growth of α2 was found to be due to a ledge mechanism, consisting of Shockley partial dislocations on alternate (111)γ planes. The interface is atomically flat between the ledges and addition of Ta was found to transform arrays of growth ledges in the binary alloy into islands on the plate faces in the Ta-containing alloy. These islands of α2 on the γ/α2 interfaces were 4–7nm wide and increased in size with decreasing ageing temperature. The height of the ledges and islands were always a multiple of the c-parameter (0.46nm) of the α2 phase. The islands were bounded by 90°(edge) and 30° screw) Shockley partial dislocations. The 30° partial dislocation cores were localized whereas the 90° partial dislocation cores appeared to be highly delocalized due to presence of a high density of kinks, which in one case was found to be about 0.65nm−1.These results are interpreted in terms of the growth mechanisms and morphology of the α2 phase.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Y. Yang ◽  
J. M. Finder ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
Z. L. Wang ◽  
Z. Yu ◽  
...  

Microstructure in the SrTiO3/Si system has been studied using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and image simulations. SrTiO3 grows heteroepitaxially on Si with the orientation relationship given by (001)STO//(001)Si and [100]STO//[110]Si. The lattice misfit between the SrTiO3 thin films and the Si substrate is accommodated by the presence of interfacial dislocations at the Si substrate side. The interface most likely consists of Si bonded to O in SrTiO3. The alternative presentation of Sr and Si atoms along the interface leads to the formation of 2× and 3× Sr configurations. Structural defects in the SrTiO3 thin film mainly consist of tilted domains and dislocations.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Wang ◽  
Jason Hattrick-Simpers ◽  
Leonid Bendersky

AbstractPhase transformations in epitaxial yttrium films grown on (0001)Ti//(0001)Al2O3 Ti-buffered sapphire substrates and hydrogenated for 10 min were characterized using transmission electron microscopy. After hydrogen charging, dense twin lamellae form during α(Y(H))-to-β(YH2) phase transition with twin boundaries predominately parallel to the interface between Y and a substrate. High densities of Shockley partial dislocations are present at the twin boundaries, their glides during phase transformation are responsible for the formation of twin lamellae. Electron diffraction from YH2 phase shows superlattice reflections, which suggests a new type of ordering on octahedral interstitial sites.


2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 222-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fusen Yuan ◽  
Chengze Liu ◽  
Fuzhou Han ◽  
Yingdong Zhang ◽  
Ali Muhammad ◽  
...  

The C14 (hexagonal close-packed) and C15 (face-centred cubic) close-packed structures are found to coexist in an individual Zr(Fe,Cr)2 Laves structured nanophase in Zircaloy-4 alloy with shear deformation. The orientation relationship between C15 and C14 is [\bar 1 10]C15//[11\bar 20]C14 and (\bar 111)C15//(0001)C14. The stacking faults (SFs) in the C15 structure and the high-density SFs between C15 and C14 have been identified using transmission electron microscopy, which showed they originated on close-packed planes by emission of 1/6〈\bar 2 \bar 1\bar 1〉 Shockley partial dislocations from the phase boundary. Furthermore, the stress-induced C14→C15 phase transformation took place during the shear deformation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1983-1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Aufrecht ◽  
A. Leineweber ◽  
V. Duppel ◽  
E.J. Mittemeijer

Images of synchro-Shockley partial dislocation arrangements in the Laves phases NbCr2 and HfCr2 have been obtained by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The analysis of the stacking sequences around these arrangements revealed the role of the constituting partial dislocations in enabling the polytypic C14 → C36/6H phase transformation in both alloys. The synchro-Shockley partial dislocations occur in and move through the crystals mainly as dipoles of partials of opposite signs, leading to—as compared to isolated partials—strain fields of lesser extent. In NbCr2 a single, probably quenched synchro-Shockley partial dislocation dipole, consisting of two partials with Burgers vectors of opposite sign, was identified. The ordered passage of a series of this type of line defects brings about the C14 → C36 transformation. In HfCr2 a complex synchro-Shockley partial dislocation configuration was revealed. It can be regarded as an “antiphase boundary” between two C36 domains. It is likely that this defect structure had formed by impingement of two domains of C36 growing perpendicular to the stacking direction by glide of synchro-Shockley partial dislocation dipoles.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Shu Wang ◽  
Yilong Liang ◽  
Hao Sun ◽  
Xin Feng ◽  
Chaowen Huang

The main objective of the present study was to understand the oxygen ingress in titanium alloys at high temperatures. Investigations reveal that the oxygen diffusion layer (ODL) caused by oxygen ingress significantly affects the mechanical properties of titanium alloys. In the present study, the high-temperature oxygen ingress behavior of TC21 alloy with a lamellar microstructure was investigated. Microstructural characterizations were analyzed through optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Obtained results demonstrate that oxygen-induced phase transformation not only enhances the precipitation of secondary α-phase (αs) and forms more primary α phase (αp), but also promotes the recrystallization of the ODL. It was found that as the temperature of oxygen uptake increases, the thickness of the ODL initially increases and then decreases. The maximum depth of the ODL was obtained for the oxygen uptake temperature of 960 °C. In addition, a gradient microstructure (αp + β + βtrans)/(αp + βtrans)/(αp + β) was observed in the experiment. Meanwhile, it was also found that the hardness and dislocation density in the ODL is higher than that that of the matrix.


Further experiments by transmission electron microscopy on thin sections of stainless steel deformed by small amounts have enabled extended dislocations to be observed directly. The arrangement and motion of whole and partial dislocations have been followed in detail. Many of the dislocations are found to have piled up against grain boundaries. Other observations include the formation of wide stacking faults, the interaction of dislocations with twin boundaries, and the formation of dislocations at thin edges of the foils. An estimate is made of the stacking-fault energy from a consideration of the stresses present, and the properties of the dislocations are found to be in agreement with those expected from a metal of low stacking-fault energy.


2002 ◽  
Vol 742 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Twigg ◽  
R. E. Stahlbush ◽  
M. Fatemi ◽  
S. D. Arthur ◽  
J. B. Fedison ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTUsing site-specific plan-view transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and lightemission imaging (LEI), we have identified SFs formed during forward biasing of 4H-SiC PiN diodes. These SFs are bounded by Shockley partial dislocations and are formed by shear strain rather than by condensation of vacancies or interstitials. Detailed analysis using TEM diffraction contrast experiments reveal SFs with leading carbon-core Shockley partial dislocations as well as with the silicon-core partial dislocations observed in plastic deformation of 4H-SiC at elevated temperatures. The leading Shockley partials are seen to relieve both tensile and compressive strain during PiN diode operation, suggesting the presence of a complex and inhomogeneous strain field in the 4H-SiC layer.


1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Burmester ◽  
L. T. Wille ◽  
R. Gronsky ◽  
B. T. Ahn ◽  
V. Y. Lee ◽  
...  

AbstractHigh resolution transmission electron microscopy during in‐situ quenching of YBa2Cu3Oz is used to study the kinetics of microdomain formation during oxygen loss in this system. Image simulations based on atomic models of oxygen‐vacancy order in the basal plane of this material generated by Monte Carlo calculations are used to interpret high resolution micrographs of the structures obtained by quenching. The observed domain structures agree well with those obtained from the simualtions.


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