scholarly journals Fabrication and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl in situ composites doped with Nb2O5

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wang ◽  
N. Fan ◽  
J. Zhu ◽  
H. Jiang

Al2O3/TiAl composites were successfully fabricated from powder mixtures of Ti, Al, TiO2, Cr2O3 and Nb2O5 by a hot-press-assisted exothermic dispersion method. The effect of the Cr2O3 and Nb2O5 addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites was characterized. The results showed that the specimens are mainly composed of TiAl, Ti3Al, Al2O3, NbAl3 and Cr2Al. The Vicker-hardness and density of Al2O3/TiAl composites increase gradually with the increase of Nb2O5 content. When the Nb2O5 content was 6.54 wt %, the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites have a maximum values of 789.79 MPa and 9.69 MPa?m1/2, respectively. The improvement of mechanical properties is discussed in detail.

2012 ◽  
Vol 581-582 ◽  
pp. 548-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Quan Qi ◽  
Feng Shou Shangguan ◽  
Li Neng Yang ◽  
Qiang Bai ◽  
Gang Wu

Al2O3/NiAl composites were successfully fabricated by hot-press-assisted exothermic dispersion method with elemental powder mixtures of Ni, Al, NiO. The content of Al2O3 on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/NiAl composites has been characterized. The results show that the Vickers hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites increase with increasing Al2O3 content. When the Al2O3 content is 15 wt %, the flexural strength and the fracture toughness peaked at 765 MPa and 9.67 MPa•m 1/2, respectively. The improvement of mechanical properties is associated with a more homogeneous and finer microstructure developed by addition of Al2O3.


2011 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 227-230
Author(s):  
Liu Yi Xiang ◽  
Fen Wang ◽  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Xiao Feng Wang

Al2O3/TiAl composites were successfully fabricated by hot-press-assisted exothermic dispersion method with powder mixtures of Ti, Al, TiO2and Cr2O3as raw materials. The effect of sintering temperature on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites has been investigated. The results show that the Rockwell hardness and density of the composites increased with increasing sintering temperature. But the flexural strength and fracture toughness peaked at 825 MPa and 7.29 MPa·m1/2, respectively, when the sintering temperature reached to1300 °C.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1736-1739
Author(s):  
Fen Wang ◽  
Liu Yi Xiang ◽  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Dong Li ◽  
Xiao Feng Wang

Al2O3/TiAl composites were successfully fabricated by hot-press-assisted exothermic dispersion method with elemental powder mixtures of Ti, Al, TiO2and Cr2O3. The effect of Cr2O3addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites has been characterized. The results show that the Rockwell hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites increase with increasing Cr2O3content. When the Cr2O3content is 3.5 wt %, the flexural strength and the fracture toughness reach the maximum value of 658.7 MPa and 7.2 MPa•m1/2, respectively. The improvement of mechanical properties is firstly associated with a more homogeneous and finer microstructure developed by addition of Cr2O3; secondly, it is related to the increase of the ratio of α2-Ti3Al/γ- TiAl matrix phases.


2011 ◽  
Vol 217-218 ◽  
pp. 680-683
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Wen Wen Yang ◽  
Yi Ping Gong

TiAl/Ti2AlC composites were successfully fabricated by hot-press-assisted reactive synthesis method from elemental powder mixtures of Ti, Al and C. The effect of C addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of TiAl/Ti2AlC composites was investigated in detail. The results show that the Rockwell hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites are modified by incorporation of in situ formed Ti2AlC. When the C content was 0.44 wt %, the flexural strength and the fracture toughness reach the maximum values of 658.7 MPa and 10.03 MPa•m1/2, respectively. The reinforcing mechanism was also discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Wen Wen Yang ◽  
Shao Dan Li

TiAl/Ti5Si3 in situ composites were successfully fabricated by reactive hot-press method from powder mixtures of Ti, Al and Si. The influence of the Si addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of TiAl/Ti5Si3 composites was investigated in detail. The results show that an appropriate amount of addition of Si refined the matrix structure obviously due to the in situ formed Ti5Si3, and as a result, the flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites are modified. When the Si content is 1.82 wt %, the flexural strength and the fracture toughness reach the maximum value of 685.67 MPa and 9.02 MPa·m1/2, respectively. The enhancing mechanism was also discussed.


2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 597-600
Author(s):  
Liu Yi Xiang ◽  
Fen Wang ◽  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Xiao Feng Wang

Al2O3/TiAl in situ composites were successfully prepared by vacuum hot-pressing method with elemental powder mixtures of Ti, Al, TiO2 and Fe2O3. The effect of Fe2O3 addition on the microstructures and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites has been investigated. The results show that the Rockwell hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of the composites increase with increasing Fe2O3 content. When the Fe2O3 content is 0.84 wt %, the flexural strength and the fracture toughness reach the maximum value of 624 MPa and 6.63 MPa·m1/2, respectively. The improvement of mechanical properties is firstly associated with a more homogeneous and finer microstructure developed by addition of Fe2O3; secondly, it is related to the increase of the ratio of α2-Ti3Al/γ- TiAl matrix phases.


2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Wang Fen ◽  
Jianfeng Zhu ◽  
Huae Wu

Al2O3/TiAl in situ composites doped with Cr and V2O5 were successfully prepared from Ti, Al, TiO2, Cr and V2O5 by hot pressing. The effect of in situ formed Al2O3 content on the phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of Al2O3/TiAl composites were investigated. The results show that the as-synthesized composites mainly consisted of ?-TiAl/?2-Ti3Al matrix and dispersive Al2O3 reinforcing phases. The in situ formed fine Al2O3 ceramic particles mainly disperse on the grain boundaries of TiAl, resulting in refinement of TiAl matrix, which improves the mechanical properties of the Al2O3/TiAl in situ composite. The composite with 7.54 at.% Al2O3 possesses the maximum flexural strength and fracture toughness of 335.38 MPa and 5.39 MPa m1/2, respectively. The strengthening mechanism was also discussed in detail.


2011 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Zhu ◽  
Wen Wen Yang ◽  
Yi Ping Gong

Full dense and highly pure TiAl/Ti2AlC in situ composites were successfully synthesized by reactive synthesis from the powder mixtures of Ti, Al and carbon black by hot-press-assisted reaction process. The reaction process, microstructure and bending strength of the TiAl/Ti2AlC in situ composites were investigated in detail. The results show that the as fabricated composites posses three phases, namely, TiAl, Ti3Al and Ti2AlC. The matrix phases are mainly equiaxed TiAl with a minor lamellar Ti3Al phase. Ti2AlC particles with size less than 1 μm are distributed uniformly in matrix grains as a reinforcing phase. When C content is 0.44 wt %, the flexural strength reaches 426.21 MPa, which is increased by 35 %.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1516 ◽  
pp. 255-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Zhang ◽  
L. Hu ◽  
W. Hu ◽  
G. Gottstein ◽  
S. Bogner ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMo fiber reinforced NiAl in-situ composites with a nominal composition Ni-43.8Al-9.5Mo (at.%) were produced by specially controlled directional solidification (DS) using a laboratory-scale Bridgman furnace equipped with a liquid metal cooling (LMC) device. In these composites, single crystalline Mo fibers were precipitated out through eutectic reaction and aligned parallel to the growth direction of the ingot. Mechanical properties, i.e. the creep resistance at high temperatures (HT, between 900 °C and 1200 °C) and the fracture toughness at room temperature (RT) of in-situ NiAl-Mo composites, were characterized by tensile creep (along the growth direction) and flexure (four-point bending, vertical to the growth direction) tests, respectively. In the current study, a steady creep rate of 10-6s-1 at 1100 °C under an initial applied tensile stress of 150MPa was measured. The flexure tests sustained a fracture toughness of 14.5 MPa·m1/2at room temperature. Compared to binary NiAl and other NiAl alloys, these properties showed a remarkably improvement in creep resistance at HT and fracture toughness at RT that makes this composite a potential candidate material for structural application at the temperatures above 1000 °C. The mechanisms responsible for the improvement of the mechanical properties in NiAl-Mo in-situ composites were discussed based on the investigation results.


2010 ◽  
Vol 434-435 ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Yan Yue ◽  
Shu Mao Zhao ◽  
Liang Yu ◽  
Hong Qiang Ru

B4C-TiB2 composite was prepared using hot pressure sintering. The microstructures and mechanical properties of the B4C-TiB2 composite were investigated. The B4C-TiB2 composite with 43 mass % TiB2 showed the optimized properties. The relative density, hardness, flexural strength and fracture toughness of that were 98.2 %, 25.9 GPa, 458 MPa and 8.7 MPa•m1/2, respectively. A number of toughening mechanisms, including fine grain, crack deflection and grain pull-out, were observed during microstructural analysis of the composite. The fracture mode of the B4C-TiB2 composite was greatly affected by the existence of the second phase of TiB2.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document