EFFECTS OF GROWTH RATE ON PRIMARY PHASE AND MICROSTRUCTURES OF DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED Ti-46Al-2Cr-2Nb ALLOY

  • ZHANG Yuan ,
  • LIU Guohuai ,
  • LI Xinzhong ,
  • CHEN Ruirun ,
  • SU Yanqing ,
  • GUO Jingjie ,
  • FU Hengzhi
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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001

Received date: 2013-07-10

  Revised date: 2013-08-21

  Online published: 2013-11-11

Abstract

TiAl alloys with fully lamellar structure has been intensively studied for excellent fracture toughness and creep properties. Directional solidification is an effective way to control the lamellar structure. Thus it is important to investigate the effect of solidification parameters on the structure of TiAl alloys during directional solidification. In this work, microstructures of directionally solidifiedTi-46Al-2Cr-2Nb (atomic fraction, %) alloy has been investigated throughBridgman-type directional solidification experiment at constant temperaturegradient and wide range of growth rates (v=10-120 μm/s). The type of primary phase,the primary dendritic arm spacing (λ1), the secondary dendritic arm spacing (λ2) and the lamellar spacing (λe) are investigated. It is found that: the primary phase of the specimenstransformed from β phase to α phase with the increase of growth rates; the transformation trend of primary phases with growth rates can be predicted by the phase selection model based on the highest interface temperature criterion. λ1, λ2, andλe all decrease with the increasing of v. The relationship between λ1 and v is not affected by the transformation of primary phases, which follows λ1=700.6v-0.24 relationship. However the relationship between λ2 and v is associated with the type of primary phases, λ2 and v followsλ2=44.0v-0.10 relationship when β is the primary phases, while follows λ2=57.3v-0.23 relationship when the primary phase has transformed to α phase. The relationship between λe and v can be expressed by λe=16.4v-0.76.Compared with TiAl binary alloys, lamellar spacing is more effectively refined by increasing the growth rates in Ti-46Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy.

Cite this article

ZHANG Yuan , LIU Guohuai , LI Xinzhong , CHEN Ruirun , SU Yanqing , GUO Jingjie , FU Hengzhi . EFFECTS OF GROWTH RATE ON PRIMARY PHASE AND MICROSTRUCTURES OF DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED Ti-46Al-2Cr-2Nb ALLOY[J]. Acta Metall Sin, 2013 , 49(11) : 1374 -1380 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1037.2013.00398

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