Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1993, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (2): 117-120.

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MICROSTRUCTURE OF RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED TiAl ALLOY POWDER

CAO Mingzhou HAN Dong ZHANG Tao LI Dong Institute of Metal Research,Academia Sinica,Shenyang,China Associate Professor,Institute of Metal Research,Academia Sinica,Shenyang 110015,China   

  • Received:1993-04-25 Revised:1993-04-25 Online:1993-04-25 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The rapidly solidified powder of Ti-34Al-2Mn alloy was obtained by means of ultrasonic gas atomisation (USGA) technique.The tupical size of the powder is 27 μm.X-ray diffraction results show that the powder consists of major α_2-phase and minor γ-phase.Under optical microscope both equiaxed and dendritical microstructure features were observed on RS pow- der sections.After annealing at 900 ℃/for 2 h in vacuum,most of α_2-phase transforms into γ-phase,resulting in refinement of structure.

Key words: repid solidification, TiAl intermetallic compound, microstructure