The balance of mechanical and environmental properties of a multielement niobium-niobium silicide-basedIn Situ composite |
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Authors: | B P Bewlay M R Jackson H A Lipsitt |
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Affiliation: | (1) the Corporate Research and Development Center, General Electric Company, 1230 Schenectady, NY;(2) the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, 45435 Dayton, OH |
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Abstract: | This article describes room-temperature and high-temperature mechanical properties, as well as oxidation behavior, of a niobium-niobium
silicide basedin situ composite directionally solidified from a Nb-Ti-Hf-Cr-Al-Si alloy. Room-temperature fracture toughness, high-temperature
tensile strength (up to 1200 °C), and tensile creep rupture (1100 °C) data are described. The composite shows an excellent
balance of high- and low-temperature mechanical properties with promising environmental resistance at temperatures above 1000
°C. The composite microstructures and phase chemistries are also described. Samples were prepared using directional solidification
in order to generate an aligned composite of a Nb-based solid solution with Nb3Si- and Nb5Si3-type silicides. The high-temperature mechanical properties and oxidation behavior are also compared with the most recent
Ni-based superalloys. This composite represents an excellent basis for the development of advanced Nb-based intermetallic
matrix composites that offer improved properties over Ni-based superalloys at temperatures in excess of 1000 °C. |
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