铸件内析出性气孔形成及演化的直接观察与分析

采用透明模型合金实时观察了铸件析出性气孔的形成发展,结果发现,纯物质凝固时,析出性气孔的产生发生于凝固型壳形成之后,随着凝固自型壁向中心凝固,呈现自周边向中心的气条生长。对于合金凝固,析出性气孔在凝固基本完成之后伴随着热裂及缩松的发生开始产生,呈现一定的偏聚现象。浇注前熔体过热度的提高将使析出性气孔更加密集,铸型和环境温度的降低有利于降低气孔的数量及分布范围,采用真空除气,可有效地抑制析出性气孔的产生和热裂缩松缺陷的形成。     

固溶处理对电解制备的A356合金硅颗粒的影响

以电解低钛铝基合金为原料制备了A356合金,研究了在535℃下固溶处理时间对合金共晶硅相细化、球化和分布的影响.测量了硅颗粒的长径和短径,计算了颗粒的直径和长短径比值等参数,分析了上述参数随固溶时间的变化及其概率密度分布.实验结果表明:由该电解合金制备的A356合金经2～4 h的固溶处理,共晶硅就可得到较好的细化和球化效果,具有较高的分布集中度;A356合金的固溶处理时间可有效缩短.     

Corrosion of metals and alloys in mixed gas environments at elevated temperatures

The attack of nickel, cobalt, iron, and alloys of these metals containing chromium and aluminum, by gases containing sulfur-oxygen, carbon-oxygen, and nitrogen-oxygen has been studied at temperatures of 600 and 900°C. The degradation of these metals and alloys was characterized by using standard analytical techniques with emphasis on optical metallography. Three types of accelerated degradation were identified for the attack of alloys by gases containing another oxidant in addition to oxygen. One type of degradation occurred because of the formation of reaction products composed of mixtures of phases involving both of the oxidants. Another type resulted from the reaction of second oxidant phases with oxygen. The third form of degradation involved the development of less protective phases due to thermodynamic instabilities. Thermodynamic stability diagrams are used to help account for the effects produced by different elements in the alloys.     

合金元素对镁合金的性能影响研究

研究了新型镁铝锌合金的性能,分析了不同含量的Al、Zn、Pb等元素对镁合金性能的影响.结果表明,随着Al含量的增加,合金的冲击韧性下降而硬度提高;随着Zn含量的增加,冲击韧性和硬度都下降;而随着Pb含量的增加,合金的冲击韧性和硬度都提高.     

High cycle fatigue behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V alloy at elevated temperatures

High cycle fatigue behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V alloy was studied at 623 K and 723 K. Fatigue strength decreased at elevated temperatures compared with at ambient temperature. In the short life regime, fatigue strength was lower at 723 K than at 623 K, but in the long life regime it was nearly the same at both temperatures. At elevated temperatures, cracks were generated earlier at applied stresses below the fatigue limit at ambient temperature, indicating lowered crack initiation resistance. Small cracks grew faster at elevated temperatures than at ambient temperature, which became more noticeable with increasing temperature. After allowing for the elastic modulus, small cracks still grew faster at elevated temperatures.     

AI-Li/SiCp composites and Ti-AI alloy powders and coatings prepared by a plasma spray atomization (PSA) technique

There has been increasing use of Al-Li alloys in the aerospace industry, due mainly to the low density and high elastic modulus of this material. However, the problem of low ductility and fracture toughness of this material has limited its present application to only weight- and stiffness-critical components. Development of Al-Li/ceramic composites is currently being investigated to enhance the service capabilities of this material. The Ti-Al alloy is also of interest to aerospace-type applications, engine components in particular, due to its attractive high-temperature properties. Preparation of fine powders by plasma melting of composite feedstock and coatings formed by plasma spraying was carried out to examine the effect of spray parameters on the microstructure and properties of these materials. Characterization of the powders and coatings was performed using the scanning electron microscope and image analyzer. Examination of the plasma-sprayed powders and coatings has shown that in the Al-Li/SiC composite there is melting of both materials to form a single composite particle. The SiC reinforcement was in the submicron range and contributed to additional strengthening of the composite body, which was formed by a cold isostatic press and consolidated by hot extrusion or hot forging processes. The plasma-sprayed Ti-Al powder showed four categories of microstructures: featureless, dendritic, cellular, and martensite-like.     

Effects of temperature and blank holding force on biaxial forming behavior of aluminum sheet alloys

Biaxial forming behavior is investigated for three aluminum sheet alloys (Al 5182 containing 1% Mn (5182+Mn), Al 5754, and 6111-T4) using a heated die and punch in the warm forming temperature range of 200–350 °C. It is found that, while all three alloys exhibit significant improvement in their formability compared with that at room temperature, the non-heat-treatable alloys 5182 + Mn and 5754 give higher part depths than that of heat-treatable 6111-T4. The formability generally increases with decreasing BHP (BHP), but increasing the forming temperature and/or BHP minimizes the wrinkling tendency and improves the forming performance. The stretchability of the sheet alloys increase with increasing temperature and increasing BHP. For the alloys and forming conditions involved in the current study, the formability, measured in terms of part depth, comes mainly from the drawing of metal into the die cavity, although stretching effects do influence the overall forming behavior. The optimum formability is achieved by setting the die temperature 50 °C higher than the punch temperature to enhance the drawing component. Setting the die temperature higher than the punch temperature also improves the strain distribution in a part in such a manner that postpones necking and fracture by altering the location of greatest thinning.     

Heat capacity of liquid and undercooled liquid metals and alloys

Trends in the dependences on temperature and concentration of experimentally determined heat capacities of liquid and undercooled liquid metals and alloys are discussed. A new adiabatic calorimeter for determining the heat capacity of liquid alloys up to 1500 K is described. The ability of several approximations and models to describe the different characteristics of the heat capacity of liquid and supercooled liquid metals and alloys is demonstrated.     

New high-temperature copper alloys

New high-strength, high-temperature Cu-Ni-Si alloys have been developed using additions of Cr, Zr, and/or Ti. These new alloys remain as precipitation hardenable as the base alloy, but the main strengthening phase may be different than Ni₂Si (e.g., Cr₂Ti). Substantial increases in mechanical strength were observed at both room and high temperature (773 K) when additions of Cr+Zr+Ti and Cr+Zr were made. Industrial testing of these alloys indicated a sevenfold increase in the lifetime of lateral blocks in continuous casting equipment of copper alloys.     

Cu-Al-Be形状记忆合金的应力腐蚀性能

用恒载荷法和慢应变速率法及SEM研究了Cu-Al-Be形 状记忆合金在甘油、海水和氨介质中的应力腐蚀性能.结果表明，Cu-Al-Be合金具有良 好的抗海水应力腐蚀性能和较低的氨介质应力腐蚀倾向.单相马氏体有较 好的耐海水腐蚀能力，可减少腐蚀引起的裂纹源；外应力下马氏体的孪晶变形和变体间的界 面迁移，则有利于松弛应力集中，阻碍和延缓腐蚀裂纹源的扩展，从而提高Cu-Al-Be合金的 应力腐蚀能力.