Mechanical alloying of Mo—Si—Fe powders

Mechanical milling behavior of Mo-Si-Fe powders was investigated u sing XRD, SEM and TEM techniques. The mixtures of elemental molybdenum (>99%), s ilicon (>99%) and iron (>98%) powders with a stoichiometry of Mo5-xFe xSi3 (x=0.5, 1, 2) were milled in a planetary mill for up to 195 h. For all three powder mixt ures, high-energy milling of 60h led to formation of the Mo(Fe, Si) supers aturated solid solution (Moss); and to a remarkable expansion of the solub ility of Fe, Si in molybdenum. The transformation of Moss to an amorphous phase was identified after longer time milling. In the milling process, the grain size of Mo (Fe, Si) decreased gradually and the internal stress increased linearly. After 40 h milling, the grain size was reduced to about 11 nm. SEM analysis of milled powders showed that the particle size increased initially with milling time. After 195 h milling, particles exhibited a spherical morphology and the particle size were reduced to about 100 nm.     

低压脉冲电场下纯铝的晶粒细化

研究了低压脉冲电场作用下纯铝凝固组织的变化，考察了放电电压和处理时间对纯铝晶粒尺寸的影响。结果表明：低压脉冲电场可以显著地细化纯铝的凝固组织。随着放电电压的提高，纯铝的晶粒尺寸逐渐减小；当放电电压达到400V时，晶粒尺寸略有回弹。随着处理时间的增加，纯铝的晶粒尺寸逐渐减小；当处理时间大于15min时，纯铝的晶粒尺寸随着处理时间的增加而略有增大。     

Fe、Si对工业纯铝晶粒细化的影响

通过AlTiB晶粒细化剂对高纯铝、工业纯铝的细化及Al-10Ti中间合金、Fe、Si对工业纯铝的细化，研究了Fe、Si在工业纯铝晶粒细化过程中的作用。试验结果表明，0.3％的AlTiB晶粒细化剂对工业纯铝有良好的细化效果，但不能细化高纯铝；Fe、Si作为晶粒细化剂单独加入时，有不同程度的细化作用。分析认为，Fe、Si在工业纯铝晶粒细化过程中有双重作用，即促进型壁晶核的游离和增加α-Al在型壁形核的质点数目。     

Synthesis mechanism of titanium carbide nano-fiber during self-propagating high temperature synthesis

Titanium carbide nano-fiber was synthesized by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) method. The final products after the SHS reaction were titanium carbide containing excess carbon and metallic titanium, which were removed by additional leaching process. TEM observation revealed that the average diameter is about 20 nm. Neutron diffraction analysis was carried out to study non-stoichiometric number of the titanium carbide. The non-stoichiometric numbers of the titanium carbide were 0.89–0.94. The Rietveld refinement of each patterns converged to good agreement (÷2=0.49–1.34). The formation mechanism of the carbide is related to a liquid-solid reaction including the preferential diffusion process of carbon atom into liquid titanium. This article is based on a presentation made in the 2002 Korea-US symposium on the “Phase Transformations of Nano-Materials,” organized as a special program of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, held at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea on October 25–26, 2002.     

制备多物相AlTiC合金的Ti与C熔体反应法

将Ti与C同时加入Al熔体可制备出Ti与C摩尔比分别大于、等于、小于4的3种含不同物相的Al—TiC合金：Al—TiAl3-TiC、Al—TiC、Al-Al4C3-TiC。对纯铝的细化实验表明：不含过量Ti的后两种合金的细化效果相近，Al4C3在Al—TiC合金中的大量出现不会进一步降低合金的细化能力；含TiAl3的第一种合金的细化效率远高于后两者的；TiC物相在基体中以离散颗粒或聚集团形式在Al基体中分布；Al4C3相极脆，易与空气中的水蒸汽反应而分解。分析表明Ti与C在Al熔体中反应生成TiC是通过两条途径同时进行的：熔体中的固体C颗粒与溶解态的Ti直接反应；固体C颗粒和Al反应生成的A4C3与溶解态的Ti发生反应。     

B和C对铸造TiAl基合金宏观和显微组织的影响

对比研究了B和C含量的变化对铸造TiAl基合金宏观和显微组织的影响。结果表明 ，B或C含量的增加均能细化TiAl基合金的晶粒，但二者的作用特点不同。B含量对宏观组织和晶粒尺寸的影响是渐进的，而C对其影响存在一个临界含量。显微观察表明，微量的B就能使合金析出TiB2，随着合金中B含量的增加，硼化物颗粒呈不同的形貌。对于含C合金，当C含量低于临界含量时，在光学尺度上观察不到碳化物相，而当C含量高于临界含量时，合金中生成大量的Ti2AlC碳化物颗粒。讨论了B和C细化TiAl基合金的机制。     

Effect of the salt addition practice on the grain refining efficiency of Al–Ti–B master alloys

The impact of the salt addition practice on the microstructure and grain refining efficiency of Al–Ti–B alloys produced by the “halide salt” route was investigated. The grain refining performance of an experimental Al–5Ti–1B master alloy was optimized when the halide salts were pre-mixed before addition to aluminium melt at 800 °C during the production of the grain refiner. The stirring action provided during salt addition was found to degrade, while a high rate of addition was found to improve, the grain refining efficiency. In view of the above, an improved salt addition practice to ensure an exceptional grain refining performance is claimed to comprise the following steps: melting commercial purity aluminium ingot; addition of pre-mixed salts to molten aluminium at 800 °C, at once to facilitate a rapid salt reaction, gently mixing the salts with the aluminium melt without introducing any stirring. The grain refiner master alloy thus produced gives an average grain size of 102 μm 2 min after inoculation.     

Al-Ti-C中间合金的显微组织与细化性能研究

采用自制的Al-Ti-C中间合金晶粒细化剂,检验其对工业纯铝的细化效果,并通过光学显微镜（OM）、扫描电镜（SEM）和能谱分析（EDS）等手段研究了不同中间合金组织对工业纯铝的细化性能的影响.结果表明,Al-Ti-C细化剂合金组织由α-Al基体,针状或块状TiAl3相及TiC粒子团组成;Al-Ti-C具有优异的细化α-Al晶粒的性能,添加0.2%的Al-Ti-C后工业纯铝开始获得明显的细化效果;Ti/C比对Al-Ti-C组织有重要影响,在纯铝中添加不同组织的Al-Ti-C产生不同的细化效果,其中块状TiAl3的细化性能优于针状TiAl3;在其它工艺条件不变的前提下,选用Ti/C比为8,添加量为0.4%的中间合金,性价比较为理想.     

Al-Si合金的细化与Ti偏析的研究

研究了不同处理时间、不同位置对Ti偏析及细化效果的影响。结果表明，保温4h，A1—5Ti-1B的细化效果达到最佳。Ti在铸件顶端和底部的偏析程度不一样，在底部偏析更为严重，这主要是由于Ti在浇注过程中聚集的结果。     

An improved practice to manufacture Al–Ti–B master alloys by reacting halide salts with molten aluminium

The well-established “halide salt” route was employed in the present work to produce Al–Ti–B grain refiner alloys with consistent, good properties. The holding step in the production cycle was revised, however, to avoid oxidation of the molten alloy which is believed to be responsible for the relatively low Ti recoveries and thus for the inadequate and inconsistent grain refining efficiency. Stirring during holding was found to degrade the grain refining properties when molten potassium aluminium fluride salt was left on the molten alloy to avoid excessive oxidation. Likewise, holding temperatures higher than 800 °C and holding times longer than 30 min both had an undesirable effect on the grain refining performance. The experimental Al–5Ti–1B grain refiner alloy produced according to the present method provided consistent and better overall grain refining performance.