\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\} twinning behavior in magnesium single crystal

In order to investigate $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ tensile twinning behavior, the magnesium single crystal was deformed by compressing along the $\left[ {2\bar 1 \bar 10} \right]$ direction at room temperature, as $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ tensile twinning easily takes place when the compression direction is perpendicular to the c-axis. Numerous $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ primary tensile twins were activated during deformation, and the Schmid factor (SF) criterion was applied to the six $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ twin variants. The analysis shows that the majority of the $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ primary twins belong to high SF variants, and high SF twin boundaries provided nucleation sites for low SF variants. The $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ secondary tensile twins were formed inside the high SF of wide $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ primary twin bands, and the basal plane of the $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ secondary twin was tilted about 60° with respect to the original parent matrix. In the case of the $\left\{ {10\bar 12} \right\}$ secondary tensile twin, relatively low SF variants were activated while counterparts with higher SF variants were absent.     

Influence of Hydrogen and Water Vapour on the Kinetics of Chromium Oxide Growth at High Temperature

In support of the selection of structural materials for heat exchangers in helium-cooled high temperature reactors, the oxidation behaviour of the Ni-base chromia-former alloy 230 was investigated at 850 °C in diluted helium atmosphere with a low water vapour content. In such a media, the equivalent partial pressure of oxygen (imposed by the $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2} {\text{O}}}} $ / $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2}}} $ ratio) is very low ( $ P_{{{\text{O}}_{ 2} }}^{\text{eq}} $ around 10^?16 Pa). The equivalent partial pressure of oxygen has no straight influence on the parabolic rate constant (k _p); on the other hand, $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2} }} $ and $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2} {\text{O}}}} $ demonstrate a complex influence on k _p. Photoelectrochemistry analyses revealed that this oxide could simultaneously contain two types of cationic defects. Specific oxidation tests with D₂O showed that the oxide scale also contains hydrogen. A mechanist model is proposed in order to describe the scale growth using both cationic defects. Those theoretical results show, at least qualitatively, how $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2} }} $ and $ P_{{{\text{H}}_{2} {\text{O}}}} $ may concurrently influence the oxidation rate.     

Quasi-Ternary System Ag2Se-CdSe-Ga2Se3

Phase equilibria in the quasi-ternary system Ag₂Se-CdSe-Ga₂Se₃ were investigated by differential thermal and x-ray phase analysis methods. Phase diagrams of nine vertical sections were constructed. The boundaries of seven single-phase fields were determined which are solid solution ranges of system components and intermediate phases. We constructed the isothermal section at 820 K and the liquidus surface projection, and have determined the position in the system of six invariant processes with the participation of liquid: $ {\text{L}}_{{{\text{U}}_{1} }} + {\upzeta} {\leftrightarrows} {\upbeta} + {\upeta} $ L U 1 + ζ ? β + η (1145 K), $ {\text{L}}_{{{\text{U}}_{ 2} }} + \upzeta \leftrightarrows \upgamma + \upeta $ L U 2 + ζ ? γ + η (1138 K), $ \text{L}_{{U_{3} }} + \upeta \leftrightarrows \updelta + \upgamma $ L U 3 + η ? δ + γ (1113 K), $ {\text{L}}_{{{\text{E}}_{ 1} }} \leftrightarrows \upbeta + \updelta + \upeta $ L E 1 ? β + δ + η (1083 K), $ {\text{L}}_{{{\text{E}}_{ 2} }} \leftrightarrows \upalpha + \upbeta + \upvarepsilon $ L E 2 ? α + β + ε (969 K), $ {\text{L}}_{{{\text{E}}_{ 3} }} \leftrightarrows \upbeta + {\updelta} + \upvarepsilon $ L E 3 ? β + δ + ε (963 K). Two invariant processes in the sub-solidus part, $ \upbeta + \updelta \leftrightarrows \upeta + \uplambda $ β + δ ? η + λ and $ \upbeta + \updelta \leftrightarrows \upvarepsilon + \uplambda $ β + δ ? ε + λ at 968 and 938 K, respectively, were investigated as well.     

Water Vapour Effects on FeO Scale Growth: Differences Between Iron and Steel

High purity iron and a low carbon, low silicon steel were oxidised at temperatures of 800–1,200 °C, in atmospheres of N₂–H₂–H₂O and N₂–O₂–H₂O. Scales of wüstite grew at low oxygen potentials, and of FeO/Fe₃O₄/Fe₂O₃ at high oxygen potentials, both according to parabolic kinetics after an initial transient period. The iron and steel behaved similarly in the O₂/H₂O gases, but not in H₂/H₂O, where the steel oxidised much more slowly than the iron. The rate for steel increased with $ p_{{H_{2} O}} $ at fixed $ p_{{O_{2} }} , $ but for iron was almost independent of $ p_{{H_{2} O}} , $ whilst rates for both metals increased with $ p_{{O_{2} }} $ at fixed $ p_{{H_{2} O}} $ . These results are discussed using point defect models involving hydroxyl anions and cation vacancies. Scaling rates in O₂/H₂O also increased with $ p_{{H_{2} O}} , $ a result attributed to gas phase transport within oxide pores which were present in the scales, but absent in wüstite grown in H₂/H₂O.     

Characterization of crystallographic properties of GaN thin film using automated crystal orientation mapping with TEM

The GaN thin film deposited on an amorphous glass substrate was analyzed by using transmission electron microscopy with a new automated crystal orientation mapping tool. Film deposition was made at 600°C for 4 h by the hyperthermal neutral beam (HNB) source. Columnar crystals oriented to the [0001] direction without significant disordering were clearly observed. Electron diffraction patterns indicated that the crystals have mainly two different zone axes, [2 $\bar 1$ $\bar 1$ 0] and [10 $\bar 1$ 0]. This crystallographic and microstructural information provides the guidance for future works for the HNB source to obtain GaN thin films of higher quality on amorphous substrates.     

Texture Evolution in a Ti-Ta-Nb Alloy Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation

Titanium alloys are extensively used in a variety of applications because of their good mechanical properties, high biocompatibility, and corrosion resistance. Recently, ??-type Ti alloys containing Ta and Nb have received much attention because they feature not only high specific strength but also biocorrosion resistance, no allergic problems, and biocompatibility. A Ti-25Ta-25Nb ??-type titanium alloy was subjected to severe plastic deformation (SPD) processing by accumulative roll bonding and investigated with the aim to observe the texture developed during SPD processing. Texture data expressed by pole figures, inverse pole figures, and orientation distribution functions for the (110), (200), and (211) ??-Ti peaks were obtained by XRD investigations. The results showed that it is possible to obtain high-intensity share texture modes ({001}??110??) and well-developed ?? and ??-fibers; the most important fiber is the ??-fiber ({001} $ \left\langle {1\bar{1}0} \right\rangle $ to {114} $ \left\langle {1\bar{1}0} \right\rangle $ to {112} $ \left\langle {1\bar{1}0} \right\rangle $ ). High-intensity texture along certain crystallographic directions represents a way to obtain materials with high anisotropic properties.     

The role of a preceding chemical reaction and reactive clusters in phase transitions of intermetallic compounds

By means of chemical and X-ray phase analysis with the use of a rotating disc electrode, it is found that the dissolution of Mg-Cu and In-Bi intermetallic compounds proceeds via magnesium ionization and subsequent $Mg_2 Cu\xrightarrow[{ - Mg^{2 + } }]{}MgCu_2 $ and $In_2 Bi\xrightarrow[{ - In^{3 + } }]{}InBi$ InBi phase regrouping. It is postulated that the process is accompanied by the formation of a defective crystal lattice and the appearance of reactive clusters, which interact to produce, at first, nuclei of a new phase and, then, the crystal lattice of a new intermetallic compound that is enriched in the electrochemically less active component.     

Microstructure of Co precipitation strengthened B2-ordered NiAl

A transmission electron microscopy investigation on the phase decomposition of B2-ordered (Ni,Co)Al supersaturated with Ni and Co has revealed the precipitation of (Ni,Co)₂Al which has not been expected from the reported equilibrium phase diagram. The (Ni,Co)₂Al phase has a hexagonal structure and takes a rodlike shape with the long axis of the rod parallel to the 〈111〉 directions of the B2 matrix. By aging at temperatures below 873 K, a long period superlattice structure appears in the hexagonal (Ni,Co)₂Al phase. The orientation relationship between the (Ni,Co)₂Al precipitates and the B2-(Ni,Co)Al matrix is found to be (0001)_p//(111)_B2 and [ $ \bar 1 $ 2 $ \bar 1 $ 0]_p//[ $ \bar 1 $ 10]_B2, where the suffix p and B2 denote the (Ni,Co)₂Al precipitate and the B2-(Ni,Co)Al matrix, respectively. (Ni,Co)Al hardens appreciably by the fine precipitation of the (Ni,Co)₂Al phase.     

Modeling the Correlation of Composition-Processing-Property for TC11 Titanium Alloy Based on Principal Component Analysis and Artificial Neural Network

In the present investigation, the correlation of composition-processing-property for TC11 titanium alloy was established using principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural network (ANN) based on the experimental datasets obtained from the forging experiments. During the PCA step, the feature vector is extracted by calculating the eigenvalue of correlation coefficient matrix for training dataset, and the dimension of input variables is reduced from 11 to 6 features. Thus, PCA offers an efficient method to characterize the data with a high degree of dimensionality reduction. During the ANN step, the principal components were chosen as the input parameters and the mechanical properties as the output parameters, including the ultimate tensile strength ( $ \upsigma_{\text{b}} $ ), yield strength ( $ \upsigma_{0.2} $ ), elongation ( $ \updelta $ ), and reduction of area (??). The training of ANN model was conducted using back-propagation learning algorithm. The results clearly present ideal agreement between the predicted value of PCA-ANN model and experimental value, indicating that the established model is a powerful tool to construct the correlation of composition-processing-property for TC11 titanium alloy. More importantly, the integrated method of PCA and ANN is also able to be utilized as the mechanical property prediction for the other alloys.     

The Effect of Texture on the Corrosion Behavior of AZ31?Mg Alloy

Magnesium (Mg) grains show anisotropic corrosion behavior, which implies that the single-phase, hot-rolled Mg alloy AZ31 sheet, if highly textured, will have different corrosion performance depending on its crystallographic orientation of the grains. Its rolling surface, dominated by (0001) basal crystallographic planes, is more corrosion resistant than its cross-section surface, which is mainly composed of $ \{ 10\overline{1} 0\} $ and $ \{ 11\overline{2} 0\} $ prismatic crystallographic planes. Furthermore, grain refinement by hot rolling is beneficial to the overall corrosion resistance of AZ31 because of the dissolution of AlMn(Fe) intermetallic precipitates in the alloy. Surface compressive deformation machining can lead to refined grains and an expected preferred grain orientation, thus improving the corrosion resistance of AZ31 alloy.     

Creep Properties and Deformation Mechanisms of a FGH95 Ni-based Superalloy

By means of full heat treatment, microstructure observation, lattice parameters determination, and the measurement of creep curves, an investigation has been conducted into the microstructure and creep mechanisms of FGH95 Ni-based superalloy. Results show that after the alloy is hot isostatically pressed, coarse γ′ phase discontinuously distributes along the previous particle boundaries. After solution treatment at high temperature and aging, the grain size has no obvious change, and the amount of coarse γ′ phase decreases, and a high volume fraction of fine γ′ phase dispersedly precipitates in the γ matrix. Moreover, the granular carbides are found to be precipitated along grain boundaries, which can hinder the grain boundaries’ sliding and enhance the creep resistance of the alloy. By x-ray diffraction analysis, it is indicated that the lattice misfit between the γ and γ′ phases decreases in the alloy after full heat treatment. In the ranges of experimental temperatures and applied stresses, the creep activation energy of the alloy is measured to be 630.4 kJ/mol. During creep, the deformation mechanisms of the alloy are that dislocations slip in the γ matrix or shear into the γ′ phase. Thereinto, the creep dislocations move over the γ′ phase by the Orowan mechanism, and the $ \left\langle { 1 10 } \right\rangle $ 〈 1 10 〉 super-dislocation shearing into the γ′ phase can be decomposed to form the configuration of (1/3) $ \left\langle { 1 12 } \right\rangle $ 〈 1 12 〉 super-Shockleys’ partials and the stacking fault.     

Kinetic Study of the Solid-State Transformation of Vacuum-Plasma-Sprayed Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

Because of the nature of the plasma spraying process, the physical and mechanical properties of vacuum-plasma-sprayed structures of Ti-6Al-4V alloy are completely different from those of conventionally manufactured alloys such as bulk materials from casting and forging. To obtain desired mechanical and physical properties, vacancy and internal defects must be reduced, splat boundaries must be eliminated, and optimal phase compositions should be obtained through postdeposition heat treatments. To determine appropriate heat treatment processes, one needs to study the kinetic behavior of the as-sprayed microstructure at elevated temperatures. In the current study, the kinetics of the solid transformations found in Ti-6Al-4V alloys produced during the vacuum plasma spraying process was studied based on the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami theory. For the kinetic behavior of this alloy, the nonconstant temperature dependence of the transformation rate constant exhibits an irregularity at 900 °C, marking a change in the transformation mechanism. For the lower-temperature (<900 °C) curves, the constant gradient indicates a lack of change in the transformation mechanism, including homogeneous nucleation, with growth of α phase. For higher temperatures (>900 °C), a gradient change indicates a change in the transformation mechanism. The first mechanism was the formation of α-phase grain boundary, and the second mechanism was α-plate nucleation and growth from grain boundaries. The value of the transformation rate constant in the kinetics study of as-sprayed Ti-6Al-4V alloy was much higher than for material produced by the casting method. Using the results obtained from the kinetics of the $ \upbeta \to \upalpha + \upbeta $ phase transformation at different constant temperatures, a time–temperature–transformation (TTT) diagram for as-sprayed Ti-6Al-4V alloy was developed.     

热输入对双光束激光焊接Ti-6Al-4V合金T型接头焊接过程、焊缝成形、组织及力学性能的影响

采用双光束同步激光填丝焊接的方法制备了Ti-6Al-4V合金T型接头,使用高速摄像机拍摄了焊接过程图像并研究了热输入对焊接过程稳定性、焊缝成形、组织及力学性能的影响。试验结果表明,热输入显著影响熔池行为和填丝焊接熔滴过渡,进而影响T型接头焊缝形貌及质量。随着热输入的增加,T型接头组织发生变化,晶粒尺寸变大。热影响区及焊缝处的马氏体使得这2个区域的显微硬度高于母材。另外,沿蒙皮方向及筋条方向的抗拉伸强度随着热输入的增加而增大。由于接头处马氏体增强作用,拉伸断裂均发生于母材处。     

Secondary recrystallization in Fe-3% Si alloy with (110)[001] single-component texture

After the primary recrystallization of a preliminarily deformed (110)[001] single crystal, the texture also has the preferred (110)[001] orientation. Furthermore, the texture contains weak orientations, a major part of which is formed at the sample surface and can be described by a spectrum of scattered orientations {120}〈210〉…{351}〈103〉. A further heating leads to two concurrent processes taking place in the samples, i.e., the normal growth of Goss grains and secondary recrystallization. Abnormally grown crystals are represented by a quartet of orientations related with the initial Goss orientation by a rotation around [011], [01 $\bar 1$ ], [101], and [10 $\bar 1$ ] axes at an angle of ～30°. The crystallographic relationship between the initial and final grain orientations can be explained by their closeness to special misorientations as follows: Σ9, Σ19a, Σ27a, and Σ33a (rotation around 〈110〉 axes to close angles).     

电子束焊接热输入对Ti-24Al-15Nb-1.5Mo/TC11双合金焊接接头组织和显微硬度的影响

利用OM,SEM,能谱分析和显微硬度等测试方法对Ti-24Al-15Nb-1.5Mo/TC11双合金焊接接头的显微组织特征及硬度进行了分析.结果表明,焊接热输人为135 kJ/m时,焊缝熔合区柱状晶由均匀密集的α'相针状马氏体和少量α相组成,显微硬度平均值为447 HV.焊接热输入增大到150 kJ/m时,熔合区α'相明显减少,焊缝TC11合金侧热影响区的短针状α+β组织变为粗大的长针状组织,Ti-24Al-15Nb-1.5Mo热影响区的β晶粒变得更粗,显微硬度平均值降为402 Hv.这主要是因为增大热输入使焊缝合金元素含量的比例发生变化,并且冷却速度下降使焊缝组织形态和分布改变,最终导致显微硬度降低.合金元素Ti,Al,Nb的含量在焊缝边界发生突变,但在焊缝熔合区达到一个新的平衡.

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Microstructure evolution characterization of the Ti-24Al-15Nb-1.5Mo/TC11 dual alloys welded joints obtained on the condition of different electron beam heat input was studied by optical microscope, scanning electron microscope, energy spectrum and micro-hardness analysis. The results show that the energy input have an important effect on the microstructure, grain size, micro-hardness and alloy elements content of welded joints. The microstructure is made up of homogeneous acicular martensite α' phase in fusion zone (FZ) and the average micro-hardness value is 447HV when heat input E = 135 kJ/m is utilized. With heat input increasing to 150 kJ/ m, the number of α'phase decreases in FZ, short acicular α + β phase become coarser in heat-affected zone(HAZ) of TC11, coarse β grains become larger in HAZ of Ti-24Al-15Nb-1.5Mo and the average micro-hardness value drops to 402HV. The result is attributed to the changed content of alloy elements and lower cooling velocity caused by increasing heat input. The content of element Ti, Al and Nb is changed abruptly in the boundary of the joint, but these elements evenly distribute in each zone and hardly diffuse.     

Phase Identification of Cu-In Alloys with 45 and 41.25 at.% In Compositions

In this work, the thermal stability of Cu-In alloys with 45.0 and 41.2 at.% In nominal compositions was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy, wavelength dispersive spectroscopy, and in-situ synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction (S-PXRD) over a temperature range from 25 up to 400 °C. The studied samples are mainly composed of a Cu₁₁In₉ phase together with minor amounts of the B phase (based on the NiAs-Ni₂In type structure) and, in one of the samples, with a minor amount of pure In. No evidence of the Cu₁₀In₇ (41.2 at.% In) phase was detected, not even in the sample with 41.2 at.% In nominal overall composition. The combined use of the S-PXRD and DSC techniques allowed us to identify two phase transitions involving the Cu₁₁In₉ phase, one of them corresponding to the $ \upeta^{\prime} \rightleftharpoons {\text{B}} + {\text{Cu}}_{11} {\text{In}}_{9} $ reaction at T = 290 °C and the other to the peritectic $ \upeta^{\prime} + {\text{L}} \rightleftharpoons {\text{Cu}}_{11} {\text{In}}_{9} $ reaction at T = 311 °C.     

Comparative TEM investigation on the precipitation behaviors in Cu–15wt%Sn alloy

The decomposition and precipitation behaviors of a quenched Cu–15wt%Sn alloy as a function of aging temperature were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Focused ion beam (FIB) was employed to assist TEM specimen preparation. At 300 °C, the decomposition of the supersaturated α′ phase occurred at grain boundaries, displaying a cellular morphology. The lamellae were found with ζ and α phases, rather than with the equilibrium ε and α phases. The ζ and α phases exhibit a well-defined orientation relationship (OR) as $ (1\bar{1}0)_{\alpha } //(0001)_{\zeta } ,\;[11\bar{2}]_{\alpha } //[\bar{1}2\bar{1}0]_{\zeta } $ . On the other hand, at 320 °C, only incipient lamellar structures of several micron meters were observed, which were composed of the δ and α phases. At the same time, abundant intragranular precipitation of the ε phase in the form of platelets was observed, and OR as $ (1\bar{1}1)_{\alpha } //(001)_{\varepsilon } , $ [110] _α //[100] _ε exists between ε phase and the α phase. These contrasting precipitation behaviors are discussed from the viewpoint of crystallographic coherency of these phases.     

Relationship of Ca, B, and AlP in Al–12.6Si alloy

P modification has been widely used in Al-Si piston industry, but trace of Ca element has great influence on the P modification efficiency. In this work, it is found that primary Si can be heterogeneously nucleated by AlP in near eutectic Al-12.6Si alloy, but Ca element may destroy the P modification efficiency, whereas the addition of B can recover the P modification efficiency in near eutectic Al-12.6Si alloy with high Ca containing. The microstructure transformation was related to the reaction of Ca, B, and AlP. According to the thermodynamic calculation, Ca may react with AlP and form Ca3P2 compound in Al-Si alloy, whereas, when B was added into the melt, AlP could be reformed. The reaction of Ca, B, and AlP can be shown as follows: 2AlP +3Ca→Ca3P2+2Al; Ca3P2+18B+2Al→3CaB6+2AlP. In addition, with B added into the Al-12.6Si alloy with Ca and P addition, the mechanical properties were improved compared with single Ca and/or P addition.     

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Pulsed Laser Beam Welded Ti-2Al-1.5Mn Titanium Alloy Joints

The microstructure and mechanical properties in the pulsed laser beam welded joints of Ti-2Al-1.5Mn titanium alloy thin sheet were investigated in this study. The results show that the original α + β-phases and the transformed α + α′-phases are found in the partially transformed heat-affected zone (HAZ) together with the remaining β-phase, and the microhardness gradually enhances in the region as the result of the increase of α′-phase. The martensitic α′-phase and the remaining β-phase are detected in the fully transformed HAZ and the fusion zone (FZ), and the highest microhardness is found in these regions in virtue of the dominant α′-phase structure. The fine α′-phase appeared in the FZ results in higher average microhardness at high welding speed. Moreover, similar to the results of microhardness test, the tensile test results mean that the HAZ and FZ are stronger than the base metal (BM). Therefore, pulsed laser beam welding is feasible for joining thin sheet of Ti-2Al-1.5Mn titanium alloy.     

Bulk diffusion of iron in copper

The temperature dependence of bulk diffusion coefficient of iron in copper has been determined by electron microprobe analysis (EMA) in the temperature range from 923 to 1273 K to be $D_{Fe} = 0.03 \times 10^{ - 4} \exp \left( { - \frac{{187 kJ/mol}} {{RT}}} \right)$ m²/s. The results obtained differ from the parameters of bulk diffusion determined by the tracer method: the activation energy is less by 30 kJ/mol and the preexponential factor is less by approximately a factor of 50. The deviations of the solutions from the ideality does not explain the discrepancies obtained.