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Effect of thermal stabilization on microstructure and mechanical property of directionally solidified Ti-46Al-0.5W-0.5Si alloy

  • Jiang Lei Fan*
  • , Xin Zhong Li
  • , Yan Qing Su
  • , Rui Run Chen
  • , Jing Jie Guo
  • , Heng Zhi Fu
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Effect of thermal stabilization on the microstructure and mechanical property of directionally solidified Ti-46Al-0.5W-0.5Si (mole fraction,% ) alloy was investigated. The specimens were thermal stabilized for different time (t) and directionally solidified at a constant growth rate of 30 μm/s and temperature gradient of 20 K/mm. Dependencies of the primary dendritic spacing (λ 1), secondary dendritic spacing (λ 2), interlamellar spacing (λ L) and microhardness (HV) on holding time were determined. The values of the λ 1, λ 2 and λ L increase with the increase of t, and the value of HV decreases with the increase of t. The increase of t is helpful to obtain a good directional solidification structure. However, it reduces the mechanical property of the directionally solidified TiAl alloy. The optimized value of t is about 30 min.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1073-1080
Number of pages8
JournalTransactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)
Volume22
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • TiAl-based alloy
  • crystal growth
  • intermetallics
  • mechanical properties
  • microstructure evolution

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