Investigation of Phase Composition and Microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3 Composites Fabricated by Mechanical Alloying and Hot-Pressing Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 311-313 ◽  
pp. 323-326
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The FeAl/Al2O3composites were fabricated by hot-pressing process in this research. The Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment. The FeAl powders and Al2O3powders were mixed and the FeAl/Al2O3composite powders were prepared. The FeAl/Al2O3composites bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1300°C for 2h under the pressure of 35MPa. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3composites produced by hot-pressing process were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying for 60h. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by heat treatment at 800°C, 900°C and 1000°C. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment was rather fine and about 4-5μm. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed FeAl phase and Al2O3phase in sintered composites. The FeAl/Al2O3composites bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure. The mean particles size of FeAl was about 4-5μm and the mean particles size of Al2O3was about 4-5μm. The microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3composites became more homogenous and compact with the increase of FeAl content.

2011 ◽  
Vol 492 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Xiao Ping Shi

The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were fabricated by hot-pressing process in this research. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment, then the Fe3Al powders and Al2O3powders were mixed and the Fe3Al/Al2O3composite powders were prepared, so the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1300°C for 2h under the pressure of 35MPa. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites sintered bulks were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed Fe3Al phase and Al2O3phase in the sintered composites. The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites sintered bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure, the Fe3Al particles were homogenously distributed in the Al2O3 matrix, the mean particles size of Fe3Al intermetallics compounds was about 3-4μm. The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites exhibited more homogenous and compact microstructure with the increase of Fe3Al content in the Al2O3matrix. The density and relative density of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The fracture strength and fracture toughness of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The elastic modulus and hardness (HRA) of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites decreased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 228-229 ◽  
pp. 899-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks fabricated by hot-pressing process were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying for 60h. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by heat treatment process at 800oC, 900oC and 1000oC. The microstructure showed that the mean particles sizes of the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying decreased remarkably with the increase of milling time. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment was rather fine and about 4-5μm. The FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1100oC for 2h under the pressure of 35MPa. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed the FeAl intermetallics compounds phase in sintered bulks. The FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure. The mean particles size of the FeAl intermetallics compounds was about 2-3μm. The FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks exhibited the high relative density. The FeAl intermetallics compounds bulks with the high relative density were fabricated by hot-pressing process.


2011 ◽  
Vol 695 ◽  
pp. 385-388
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Hai Yun Jin

The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1300°C for 2h under the pressure of 35MPa, by using the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders and Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were prepared by mechanical alloying for 60h and heat treatment process at 800°C and 1000°C. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed Fe3Al phase and Al2O3phase in sintered composites. The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites exhibited homogenous and compact microstructure, the Fe3Al particles were homogenously distributed in Al2O3matrix. The mean particles size of Fe3Al was about 3-4μm and the mean particles size of Al2O3matrix was about 4-5μm.


2011 ◽  
Vol 284-286 ◽  
pp. 226-229
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The FeAl/Al2O3composites were fabricated by plasma active sintering process in this research. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders and Al2O3powders were mixed and the FeAl/Al2O3composite powders were prepared. The FeAl/Al2O3composites bulks were fabricated by plasma active sintering process at 1200°C for 5min under the pressure of 30MPa. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3composites sintered bulks were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying for 60h. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by heat treatment at 800°C, 900°C and 1000°C. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process was rather fine and about 4-5μm. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed the FeAl phase and Al2O3phase in the sintered composites. The FeAl/Al2O3composites sintered bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure. The microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3composites became more compact and homogenous with the increase of FeAl content. The mean particles size of FeAl was about 2-3μm and the mean particles size of Al2O3was about 2-3μm. The density and relative density of the FeAl/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of FeAl content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 183-185 ◽  
pp. 1707-1711
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process in this research. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds bulks produced by hot-pressing process were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying for 60h. Then the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by heat treatment at 800°C and 1000°C. The microstructure showed that the mean particles sizes of the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying decreased remarkably with the increase of milling time. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying for 60h and heat treatment was rather fine and about 4-5μm. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1100°C for 2h under the pressure of 35MPa. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed only Fe3Al intermetallics compounds phase in the sintered bulks. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure. The mean particles size of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds was rather fine and about 2-3μm. The relative density of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds sintered bulks was about 99.2%. So the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds bulks with the high relative density were fabricated by hot-pressing process.


2010 ◽  
Vol 150-151 ◽  
pp. 1409-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites were fabricated by pressureless sintering process. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment, then the Fe3Al powders and Al2O3 powders were mixed and the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composite powders were prepared, so the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites were fabricated by sintering process at 1700oC for 2h. The phase composition and microstructure of Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites sintered bulks were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed Fe3Al phase and Al2O3 phase in the sintered composites. The Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites sintered bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure, the Fe3Al particles were homogenously distributed in the Al2O3 matrix, the mean particles size of Fe3Al intermetallics was about 3-5μm. The Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites exhibited more homogenous and compact microstructure with the increase of Fe3Al content in the Al2O3 matrix. The density and relative density of the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The fracture strength and fracture toughness of the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The elastic modulus and hardness (HRA) of the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites decreased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 328-330 ◽  
pp. 1572-1575
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

In this research, the B4C/BN nanocomposite powders were fabricated by chemical reaction and heat treatment process, then the B4C/BN nanocomposites bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process. The B4C/BN nanocomposite powders were fabricated by chemical reaction at 550°C for 15h and heat treatment at 850°C for 6h. The B4C/BN nanocomposites bulks were fabricated by hot-pressing process at 1850°C for 1h under the pressure of 30MPa. In this research, the phase composition and microstructure of the B4C/BN nanocomposite powders produced by chemical reaction and heat treatment process were investigated. The phase composition and microstructure of the B4C/BN nanocomposites produced by hot-pressing process were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed the B4C phase and amorphous BN phase in the composite powders produced by chemical reaction and heat treatment, and the amorphous BN phase completely transformed into the h-BN phase by hot-pressing process. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed the B4C phase and h-BN phase in the composites sintered bulks. The microstructure of the synthesized B4C/BN composite powders showed that the B4C particles were surrounded with the amorphous BN nano-sized particles, the thickness of amorphous BN coated layer was about 300-500nm. The B4C/BN nanocomposites exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure, and the nano-sized h-BN particles were homogenously distributed in the B4C matrix. The mean particles size of B4C matrix was about 2-3μm, the length of nano-sized h-BN particles was about 1-2μm and width of nano-sized h-BN particles was about 100-200nm. The B4C/BN nanocomposites bulks exhibited more homogenous and compact microstructure with the increase of h-BN content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1689-1692
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were fabricated by plasma active sintering process. The Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment, then the Fe3Al powders and Al2O3powders were mixed and the Fe3Al/Al2O3composite powders were prepared, so the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites were fabricated by plasma active sintering process at 1200°C for 5min under the pressure of 30MPa. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition, microstructure and mechanical property of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites sintered bulks were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed Fe3Al phase and Al2O3phase in the sintered composites. The Fe3Al/Al2O3composites sintered bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure, the Fe3Al particles were homogenously distributed in the Al2O3matrix. The mean particles size of Fe3Al intermetallics was about 2-3μm and mean particles sizes of Al2O3was about 2-3μm. The density and relative density of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The fracture strength and fracture toughness of the Fe3Al/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content. The elastic modulus and hardness(HRA) of Fe3Al/Al2O3composites decreased gradually with the increase of Fe3Al content.


2011 ◽  
Vol 239-242 ◽  
pp. 968-971
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang

The FeAl/Al2O3composites were fabricated by pressureless sintering process. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders and Al2O3powders were mixed and the FeAl/Al2O3composite powders were prepared. The FeAl/Al2O3composites bulks were fabricated by pressureless sintering process at 1600°C for 2h. The phase composition and microstructure of FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment were investigated. The phase composition and microstructure of the FeAl/Al2O3composites sintered bulks were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying for 60h. The FeAl intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by heat treatment at 800°C, 900°C and 1000°C. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the FeAl intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment process was rather fine and about 4-5μm. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed the FeAl phase and Al2O3phase in sintered composites. The FeAl/Al2O3composites bulks exhibited the homogenous and compact microstructure. The mean particles size of FeAl was about 4-5μm and the mean particles size of Al2O3was about 5-10μm. The density and relative density of the FeAl/Al2O3composites increased gradually with the increase of FeAl content.


2010 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 411-414
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Ke Wei Pan

Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites were fabricated by pressureless sintering in this research. Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders were fabricated by mechanical alloying and heat treatment. The Fe3Al powders and Al2O3 powders were mixed together, then the Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites were fabricated by pressureless sintering process at 1700oC for 2h. The phase composition and microstructure of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders and the phase composition and microstructure of the sintered Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites were investigated. The XRD patterns results showed that the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders were prepared by mechanical alloying for 60h, and the Fe-Al intermetallics compounds powders transformed into Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders after heat treatment at 800oC and 1000oC. The XRD patterns results showed that there existed Fe3Al phase and Al2O3 phase in the sintered composites. The microstructure showed that the mean particles size of the Fe3Al intermetallics compounds powders produced by mechanical alloying and heat treatment was rather fine and about 2-3μm. The sintered Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites exhibited homogenous and compact microstructure, the Fe3Al particles were homogenously distributed in the Al2O3 matrix. The mean particles size of Fe3Al was about 3-5μm. The sintered Fe3Al/Al2O3 composites exhibited more homogenous and compact microstructure with the increase of Fe3Al content in the Al2O3 matrix.


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