Interfacial reaction between AZ91D magnesium alloy melt and mild steel under high temperature

The metallurgical quality control of magnesium(Mg)and Mg alloys in melting process is required to ensure a satisfied mechanical and corrosion performance,while the typical used steel crucible introduces impurities and interfacial interaction during melting process.Therefore,a systematic study about impurities diffusion and interfacial interaction between molten Mg and steel is necessary.In the present study,the interfacial reaction between molten AZ91D Mg alloy and mild steel during melting process was investigated with the melting temperatures of 700℃,750℃ and 800℃.The results show that Al(Fe,Mn)intermetallic layer is the intermetallic primarily formed at the interfaces of AZ91D melt and mild steel.Meanwhile,Al_(8)(Mn,Fe)5is indexed between Al(Fe,Mn)and AZ91D.AlFe_(3)C appears between the mild steel and Al(Fe,Mn)at 700℃ and 750℃,but absent at 800℃ due to the increased solubility of carbon in Mg matrix.It is found that the growth of the intermetallic layer is controlled by diffusion mechanism,and Al and Mn are the dominant diffusing species in the whole interfacial reaction process.By measuring the thickness of different layers,the growth constant was calculated.It increases from 1.89(±0.03)×10^(-12)m^(2)·s^(-1)at 700℃ to 3.05(±0.05)×10^(-12)m^(2)·s^(-1)at 750℃,and 5.18(±0.05)×10^(-12)m^(2)·s^(-1)at 800℃.Meanwhile,the content of Fe is linearly increased in AZ91D with the increase of holding time at 700℃ and 750℃,while it shows a significantly increment after holding for 8 h at 800℃,indicating holding temperature is more crucial to determine the Fe content of AZ91D than holding time.

Advances in phase relationship for high Nb-containing TiAl alloys

γ-TiAl alloys,including two categories（the conventional TiAl and the high Nb-containing TiAl（high Nb-TiAl））,are technologically intriguing because of their applications at high temperatures.Specifically,the service temperature of the high Nb-TiAl alloys is 60-100℃higher than that of conventional TiAl alloys.Recently developed TiAl alloys,for example TNB,TNM,β-γ alloys,belong to the high Nb-TiAl alloys,displaying similar behavior in phase transformation,strengthening,oxidation at high temperatures,and relationships between composition,microstructure,and mechanical properties.This work presents an in-depth review of the high Nb-TiAl alloys regarding the advances in phase diagram,formation mechanism of the new γ_1 phase,microsegregation induced by adding a high content of alloying element Nb,and the mechanism of the B2/ω phase formation.Some challenges in developing the high Nb-TiAl alloys are also discussed.

Growth rate and composition of directionally solidified intermetallic TiAl–Nb alloys with different solidification conditions

Intermetallic Ti-xAl-8Nb（x = 41,43,45,47,49;at%） alloys were solidified unidirectionally upwards with a constant temperature gradient of G=3.8 K·mm^（-1）at wide range of growth rates of v=10-400 μm·s^（-1）using a Bridgman directional solidification（DS） furnace.Microstructural parameters including the primary dendrite arm spacing（λ_1）,secondary dendrite arm spacing（λ_2）,dendrite tip radius（R） and mushy zone depth（d） were measured statistically.The values of λ_1,λ_2,R and d decrease as the growth rate increases for a given composition（x）.The values of λ_1,λ_2,R and v increase with the increase in x value,while the value of d firstly increases and then decreases with the increase in x value for a given v.The relationships between λ_1,λ_2 and R were analyzed by the linear regression.The average growth rate exponent of λ_1 is 0.29,which is in accordance with the previous experimental observations,and that of λ_2 is close to the previous experimental results,while those of R and d are lower than the results in other alloy systems.In addition,theoretical models for λ_1,λ_2 and R were compared with the experimental observations,and a comparison of the present experimental results with the theoretical models and previous experimental results was also made.

Microstructure and microsegregation of directionally solidified Ti–45Al–8Nb alloy with different solidification rates

Microstructure and microsegregation of directionally solidified Ti-45Al-8Nb alloy were investigated by scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,transmission electron microscopy（TEM） and electron probe microanalyzer（EPMA）.For the alloy solidified at the solidification rates（v） ranging from 10 to 400 μm·s^（-1）,the microstructure of the mushy zone exhibits a cellular-dendritic structure at lower growth rate（v=10-50 μm·s^（-1）） and a typical dendritic morphology at higher growth rate（v = 100-400 μm·s^（-1））.The relationship between primary dendrite arm spacing（λ_1）and v is λ_1=1.08×10~3v^（-0.35）.Al and Nb elements segregate at interdendritic zone and in the dendritic core,respectively.In solid of mushy zone,a relatively flat concentration profile is observed for the typical dendrite structure,and Nb enriches in B2 phase induced by β→α＋βtransformation.The content of B2 phase is hardly affected by v.The extent of microsegregation in steady-state zone decreases at a lower growth rate because holding the samples at higher temperature after solidification for a long time can homogenize the solid effectively.