Ultrafine-grained Ti66Nb13Cu8Ni6.8Al6.2 composites fabricated by spark plasma sintering and crystallization of amorphous phase

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 2118-2122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.Y. Li ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
W.P. Chen ◽  
X.Q. Li ◽  
S.G. Qu

We report on the formation of ultrafine-grained Ti66Nb13Cu8Ni6.8Al6.2 composites with in situ precipitated micrometer-sized β-Ti(Nb) phase by spark plasma sintering with crystallization. Microstructure analysis indicated that all alloys consisted of soft (Cu, Ni)Ti2 regions surrounded by hard β-Ti(Nb) regions but displayed different microstructures. The alloys exhibited high fracture strength of more than 2200 MPa and remarkable plasticity of ∼25%. The results provided a promising method for fabricating large-sized bulk composites with excellent mechanical properties by powder metallurgy.

2010 ◽  
Vol 638-642 ◽  
pp. 1642-1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Yuan Li ◽  
Chao Yang ◽  
Wei Ping Chen ◽  
Xiao Qiang Li ◽  
Sheng Guan Qu

High plastic Ti66Nb13Cu8Ni6.8Al6.2 composites with in situ precipitated ductile -Ti phase were firstly synthesized by mechanical alloying and subsequent consolidation by spark plasma sintering with crystallization. Microstructure analysis indicated that all composites contain soft (Cu, Ni)-Ti2 regions and hard -Ti regions, but the two regions have different scale and distribution. The synthesized composites exhibit high fracture strength of 2415 MPa and large plasticity as high as ~31.8%. The large plastic deformability was well explained based on the distinctive microstructure by a developed “hard-soft model”.


2014 ◽  
Vol 893 ◽  
pp. 444-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Mei Liu ◽  
Xiao Yan Song ◽  
Hai Bin Wang ◽  
Yang Gao ◽  
Yao Wang

This study was focused on the effect of VC addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the prepared ultrafine grained cemented carbides. VC was added to the rawoxide materials which were synthesized to the WC-Co composite powder by the in-situ reduction and carbonization process. The ultrafine grained WC-Co alloys were fabricated by the spark plasma sintering technique using the prepared WC-Co composite powder. The phase constitution, microstructure characteristics and mechanical properties of the sintered ultrafine grained cemented carbides were analyzed quantitatively. The study proposed that VC plays a significant role in decreaseing the grain size of the prepared WC-Co alloy. The ultrafine grained WC-Co alloy with high comprehensive properties can be obtained as an appropriate addition of VC in the developed process.


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