Ti-Al-B合金空心管状初生TiB的生长机制

GROWTH MECHANISM OF PRIMARY HOLLOW TiB IN Ti-Al-B ALLOY

  • 摘要: 采用原位自生法制备了Ti-17Al-1.5B复合材料,并用XRD、SEM对复合材料的相组成和微观组织进行了研究。结果表明:该合金由Ti3Al和TiB两相组成。初生TiB多呈较粗长的空心管状,共晶TiB呈短纤维状。根据晶体生长的固-液界面稳定性理论分析认为:TiB的B27晶体结构和晶体生长过程中的棱边效应导致初生TiB容易生长成空心管状。这是因为,在初生TiB晶体的010方向的固-液界面生长至一临界尺寸以后,晶面中心处因扩散受阻(热扩散和溶质扩散)而存在非常大的扩散过冷使晶面中心的台阶停止生长,这时TiB优先在棱边处长大;另外,TiB 010方向生长速度非常快。二者的共同作用使初生TiB易于长成与 方向一致的空心管状。而共晶TiB则由于径向尺寸很小(呈纤维状),不易于长成空心管状。

     

    Abstract: Ti-17Al-1.5B alloy was produced by an in-situ method. The microstructure and the phase constitution of this alloy were investigated by XRD and SEM. The results show that this alloy is composed of Ti3Al and TiB. The coarser and longer primary TiB is highly faceted and exhibits a hollow needle morphology, and the eutectic TiB is fine needle shape. Based on the stability theory of crystal growth, the propagation of the steps on the center of the solid-liquid interface of TiB crystal is stopped due to very large diffusional under-cooling when the solid-liquid interface grows to a critical dimension at 010 direction; therefore, the TiB crystal grows preferentially from the edge of the crystal. Additionally, the growth rate at 010 direction of TiB crystal is very fast because of its B27 crystal structure. So it is considered that the inhomogeneity in supersaturation of crystal-liquid interface and B27 crystal structure of TiB resulted its growing with hollow shape when the (010) facet reaches a critical dimension. The eutectic needle TiB is difficult to grow with hollow morphology because of its much smaller cross section.

     

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