Cobalt-doped Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy fabricated by cold compaction and pressureless sintering

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• 作者：Y. Xia^a ; P. Yu^b ; G.B. Schaffer^a ; M. Qian^a ; ^{ma.qian@uq.edu.au}
• 关键词：Titanium aluminide ; Sintering ; Cobalt ; Mechanical properties
• 刊名：Materials Science and Engineering: A
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：1 July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：574
• 期：Complete
• 页码：176-185
• 全文大小：3197 K

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An addition of 1.5 at % Co to Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb (in at % ) transformed the alloy from essentially unsinterable to fully sinterable at 1300 ¡ãC. This, together with a simple powder coating process developed recently, has allowed near-net shape fabrication of the alloy for the first time by cold compaction and pressureless sintering. The addition of Co results in the formation of an intermediate face centred cubic (fcc) CoAl₂Ti phase prior to 1220 ¡ãC during heating. It subsequently reacts with an ¦Á phase leading to the formation of a Co-containing, wettable sintering liquid through a two-step process, CoAl₂Ti+¦Á¡úLiquid at 1256.2 ¡ãC and CoAl₂Ti+¦Á¡ú¦Ã-TiAl+Liquid at 1267.2 ¡ãC, and therefore full densification of the alloy. Without Co, sintering of the Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy powder at 1300 ¡ãC is controlled by the slow self-diffusion of Ti and interdiffusion of Ti and Al according to the activation energy determined. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) identified an fcc CoAl₂Ti phase and a hexagonal close packed (hcp) Co-enriched Ti(Al, Co, Cr, Nb) phase in the final as-sintered Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb-1.5Co alloy. They both form during cooling at 1240 ¡ãC through Liquid+¦Á¡úCoAl₂Ti+Ti (Al, Co, Cr, Nb). The tensile and compressive properties of the as-sintered Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb-1.5Co alloy were compared to the original General Electric (GE) Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy fabricated by casting or metal injection moulding.