Electric-spark deposition （ESD） was adopted for depositing a Ti（ CN） -based ceramic coating on the TC4 titanium alloy substrate using a laboratory-developed electric-spark deposition system, a nitrogen-sealed atmo...Electric-spark deposition （ESD） was adopted for depositing a Ti（ CN） -based ceramic coating on the TC4 titanium alloy substrate using a laboratory-developed electric-spark deposition system, a nitrogen-sealed atmosphere and graphite electrode. The surface morphology, microstructure, interfacial behavior between the coatings and substrate, phase and element composition of the coatings were investigated by scanning electron microscope （ SEM ） , X-ray diffraction （ XRD ） , X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （ XPS ） and Auger electron spectroscopy （ AES ） . Microhardness profile was measured with a Vickers microhardness tester. The results show that metallurgical bond between the coating and substrate is realized and the phase of coatings are made up of Ti（ CN ） spherocrystal and dendritic crystal, TiV and C. Ti（ CN） ceramic particles, which is in-situ synthesized by the reaction among titanium from the substrate, carbon from the graphite electrode and nitrogen from the shielding nitrogen gas, is about 600 mn and distributes dispersively among the coatings. Microharduess profile falls off with the coatings thickness increasing and the highest microhardness values of the superficial coating could be up to 1 496HV, which is six times more than that of the substrate.展开更多
Si/SiC ceramic composite and lnvar alloy were successfidly joined by vacuum brazing using Ti5OCu-W filler metals into which W was added to release the thermal stress of the brazed joint. Microstructures of the brazed ...Si/SiC ceramic composite and lnvar alloy were successfidly joined by vacuum brazing using Ti5OCu-W filler metals into which W was added to release the thermal stress of the brazed joint. Microstructures of the brazed joints were irwestigated by scanning electron micrascope （SEM） and energy dispersive spectrometer （EDS）. The mechanical properties of the brazed joints were measured by shearing tests. The results showed that the brazed joints were composed of Ti-Cu phase, W phase and Ti-Si phase. W had no effect on the wettability and mobility of the .filler metals. The growth of Ti2 Cu phase was restrained, and the reaction between ceramic composite and filler metals was weakened. The specimen, brazed at 970°C for 5 rain, had the maximum shear strength of 108 MPa at room temperature.展开更多
Based on ANSYS FEM software, the distribution of residual stress in the diffusion bonding joints between Ti（ C,N） metallic ceramic/interlayer/4OCr steel was calculated and experimentally ver^ed. The results showed t...Based on ANSYS FEM software, the distribution of residual stress in the diffusion bonding joints between Ti（ C,N） metallic ceramic/interlayer/4OCr steel was calculated and experimentally ver^ed. The results showed that the trend on the distribution of residual stress field in the joints was not changed with the use of interlayer. The maximum residual stress was always located in metallic ceramic with area ranging from 1 mm to 4 mm to the interlayer. The maximum residual stress in the joints was also affected by diffusion temperature. The satellite pulse current during the initial stage on diffusion bonding can promote the formation of liquid film at the interface, by which diffusion temperature and loading pressure can be greatly decreased. The crack initiation was easily produced at the corner of Ti （ C, N） metallic ceramic close to the interlayer. If a higher residual stress produced in the joints, the crack was propagated into the whole ceramic.展开更多
Ti-based filler metals made by transient solidification and normal crystallization were selected for the vacuum brazing of the TiAl alloy and 42CrMo under different processing parameters. The results show that the ten...Ti-based filler metals made by transient solidification and normal crystallization were selected for the vacuum brazing of the TiAl alloy and 42CrMo under different processing parameters. The results show that the tensile strength of the joint of transient solidified filler metal is higher than that of normal crystallized filler metal under the same processing parameters. By the analysis of scanning electron microscope（SEM） and X-ray diffracting （XRD） , it is found that the higher strength maybe caused by the generating of TiAl , TiNi and TiCu at the interface of joint made by transient solidified filler metal.展开更多
Contrary to the popular opinion, it has been found that metallic Ti powder can be directly utilized as dopant precursor to prepare catalytically enhanced NaAlH4 through mechanical milling. As a novel method for prepar...Contrary to the popular opinion, it has been found that metallic Ti powder can be directly utilized as dopant precursor to prepare catalytically enhanced NaAlH4 through mechanical milling. As a novel method for preparation of catalytically enhanced NaAlH4, direct metallic Ti-doping possesses practical advantage over the state-of-the-art doping technology: elimination of the inactive by-products and the gas impurities that are highly detrimental to fuel cell operation. A systematic investigation along this new approach was performed under various preparation conditions, including different starting materials, milling atmosphere and milling time. The materials thus prepared under different conditions were found to share some common features, while at the meantime, differ significantly from each other on hydrogen storage performance. A comprehensive understanding of these results provides valuable insight into a series of fundamental questions in catalytically enhanced Ti-NaAlH4 system.展开更多
The diffusion bonding was carried out to join Ti alloy （Ti-6Al-4V） and tin-bronze （ ZQSn10-10 ） with Ni and Ni ＋ Cu interlayer. The microstructures of the diffusion bonded joints were analyzed by scanning electr...The diffusion bonding was carried out to join Ti alloy （Ti-6Al-4V） and tin-bronze （ ZQSn10-10 ） with Ni and Ni ＋ Cu interlayer. The microstructures of the diffusion bonded joints were analyzed by scanning electron microscope （SEM）, energy dispersive spectroscopy （ EDS ） and X-ray diffraction （ XRD ）. The results show that when the interlayer is Ni or Ni ＋ Cu transition metals both could effectively prevent the diffusion between Ti and Cu and avoid the formation of the Cu-Ti intermetallic compounds （Cu3Ti, CuTi etc. ）. But the Ni-Ti intermetallic compounds （NiTi, Ni3Ti） are formed on the Ti-6Al-4V/Ni interface. When the interlayer is Ni, the optimum bonding parameters are 830 ℃/10 MPa/30 min. And when the interlayer is Ni ＋ Cu, the optimum bonding parameters are 850 ℃/10 MPa/20 min. With the optimum bonding parameters, the tensile strength of the joints with Ni and Ni ＋ Cu interlayer both are 155.8 MPa, which is 65 percent of the strength of ZQSn10-10 base metal.展开更多
Effects of microalloying Ti and B on the microstructures and low temperature toughness of manual metal arc (MMA) deposits were investi- gated.Weld metals containing 200-300 ppm Ti and 29-60 ppm B deposited by manual c...Effects of microalloying Ti and B on the microstructures and low temperature toughness of manual metal arc (MMA) deposits were investi- gated.Weld metals containing 200-300 ppm Ti and 29-60 ppm B deposited by manual coated elec- trodes provided an optimum low temperature toughness.The addition of B in weld metals low- ered the γ→α transformation temperature which promoted the acicular ferrite (AF) transformation. Solid solutioned B suppressed grain boundary ferrite as well as side plate ferrite formation and benefited the acicular ferrite formation.Titanium protected B from oxidizing as well as nitriding and formed Ti-Mn silicate inclusions.Ultra-high volt- age electron microscope analyses showed that TiO structure in the Ti-Mn silicate inclusions was the favorable nucleation site for acicular ferrite forma- tion.展开更多
Metal active gas （ MAG） welding has been carried out on microalloy controlled rolling steel （S355J2W） by two kinds of welding wires with different Ti content. The mechanical tests have been carried out on the weld...Metal active gas （ MAG） welding has been carried out on microalloy controlled rolling steel （S355J2W） by two kinds of welding wires with different Ti content. The mechanical tests have been carried out on the welded joint. The optical microscope and scanning electron microscope （SEM） observations have been performed to investigate the effect of microalloy element Ti on the microstructure of weld metal and impact fracture, respectively. The microstrueture of the MAG multipass weld metal includes the columnar grain zone （CGZ） consisting of primary ferrite （ PF）, ferrite with second phase （FS） and acicularferrite （AF）, and the fine grain zone （FGZ） consisting of polygonal ferrite due to the heat effect of subsequent welding pass. It has been found that the small amount of Ti can significantly increase the impact energy of the weld metal at low temperature and weakly affect tensile strength of welded joint. By adding small amount of Ti, the inclusions have changed from Mn-Si-O inclusions to Ti-bearing inclusions, which causes the Mn-depleted zones（MDZs） much larger and is beneficial to the impact energy by promoting the AF formation, refining the PF and pinning the austenite grain boundary during the subsequent transformation process.展开更多
A novel Ti/Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5 composite was successfully prepared by infiltrating the melt into sintered Ti preform. It shows that the introduction of Ti particles into the composite results in an increase...A novel Ti/Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5 composite was successfully prepared by infiltrating the melt into sintered Ti preform. It shows that the introduction of Ti particles into the composite results in an increase in elastic strain to 3% and an enhancement of the strength up to 2.1 GPa. High specific strength has been obtained because of the decrease in density of the composite. It is suggested that an improvement in the mechanical properties of the composite may be attributed to the generation of multiple shear bands and some deformation in the Ti particles.展开更多
Ti-6Al-4V compacts were fabricated by metal injection molding(MIM). Influence of vacuum sintering time on mechanical properties and microstructure of the sintered compacts at 1 260 ℃ were investigated. The experiment...Ti-6Al-4V compacts were fabricated by metal injection molding(MIM). Influence of vacuum sintering time on mechanical properties and microstructure of the sintered compacts at 1 260 ℃ were investigated. The experimental results show that the compacts sintered at 1 260 ℃ for 36 h, which was made from hydrogenation-dehydrogenation(HDH) powder(average particles size is 45 μm), have a relative density of 95.6% 96.7%, ultimate tensile strength of 648686MPa and 0.2% yield strength of 526615MPa; but a lower elongation(<4%) and that the compacts sintered at 1 260 ℃ for 26 h, which was made from 90% gas-atomized powder(average particles size is 32.5 μm) and 10% HDH powder, have higher relative density(>95%), ultimate tensile strength of 800848MPa, 0.2% yield strength of 712762MPa and high elongation (7.4%9.5%). When the sintering time is increased, porosity decreases and microstructure of sintered products changes from equiaxed to typical Widmanstatten, the average sizes of prior β grains, α colonies and α phase thickness in the β grains increase accordingly. After HIP treatment, pores obviously become less, microstructure of alloy is refined and mechanical properties are greatly improved.展开更多
In this paper, the vacuum brazing of Si3N4 ceramic was carried out with Ti40Zr25Ni15Cu20 amorphous filler metal. The interfacial microstructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy （ SEM ）, energy disper...In this paper, the vacuum brazing of Si3N4 ceramic was carried out with Ti40Zr25Ni15Cu20 amorphous filler metal. The interfacial microstructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy （ SEM ）, energy dispersive spectroscopy （EDS） etc. According to the analysis, the interface reaction layer was mode up of TiN abut on the ceramic and the Ti-Si, Zr-Si compounds. The influence of brazing temperature and holding time on the joint strength was also studied. The results shows that the joint strength first increased and then decreased with the increasing of holding time and brazing temperature. The joint strength was significantly affected by the thickness of the reaction layer. Under the same experimental conditions, the joint brazed with amorphous filler metal exhibits much higher strength compared with the one brazed with crystalline filler metal with the same composition. To achieve higher joint strength at relatively low temperature, it is favorable to use the amorphous filler metal than the crystalline filler metal.展开更多
The crystallization kinetics of Zr 41 Ti 14 Cu 12.5 Ni 10 Be 22.5 bulk metallic glass has been studied by using DSC and XRD. The results show that two exothermal peaks are observed when the alloy is heated to 500?℃, ...The crystallization kinetics of Zr 41 Ti 14 Cu 12.5 Ni 10 Be 22.5 bulk metallic glass has been studied by using DSC and XRD. The results show that two exothermal peaks are observed when the alloy is heated to 500?℃, one peak results dominantly from the formation of Ti 2Ni ( α phase transition), the other peak is mainly due to the formation of Zr 2Cu ( β phase transition). At the beginning of the crystallization, the activation energy of the α phase is smaller, and it increases with increasing crystallized fraction ( x c). When x c increases to 90%, the crystallization activation energy shows the largest value (220?kJ/mol). The crystallization activation energy of the β phase remains about 227?kJ/mol, as it’s crystallized fraction is below 60%, and then it increases with increasing crystallized fraction, and shows the largest activation energy of 257?kJ/mol, as the x c is 65%.展开更多
基金The work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China under Grant No. E2007000566.
文摘Electric-spark deposition （ESD） was adopted for depositing a Ti（ CN） -based ceramic coating on the TC4 titanium alloy substrate using a laboratory-developed electric-spark deposition system, a nitrogen-sealed atmosphere and graphite electrode. The surface morphology, microstructure, interfacial behavior between the coatings and substrate, phase and element composition of the coatings were investigated by scanning electron microscope （ SEM ） , X-ray diffraction （ XRD ） , X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （ XPS ） and Auger electron spectroscopy （ AES ） . Microhardness profile was measured with a Vickers microhardness tester. The results show that metallurgical bond between the coating and substrate is realized and the phase of coatings are made up of Ti（ CN ） spherocrystal and dendritic crystal, TiV and C. Ti（ CN） ceramic particles, which is in-situ synthesized by the reaction among titanium from the substrate, carbon from the graphite electrode and nitrogen from the shielding nitrogen gas, is about 600 mn and distributes dispersively among the coatings. Microharduess profile falls off with the coatings thickness increasing and the highest microhardness values of the superficial coating could be up to 1 496HV, which is six times more than that of the substrate.
文摘Si/SiC ceramic composite and lnvar alloy were successfidly joined by vacuum brazing using Ti5OCu-W filler metals into which W was added to release the thermal stress of the brazed joint. Microstructures of the brazed joints were irwestigated by scanning electron micrascope （SEM） and energy dispersive spectrometer （EDS）. The mechanical properties of the brazed joints were measured by shearing tests. The results showed that the brazed joints were composed of Ti-Cu phase, W phase and Ti-Si phase. W had no effect on the wettability and mobility of the .filler metals. The growth of Ti2 Cu phase was restrained, and the reaction between ceramic composite and filler metals was weakened. The specimen, brazed at 970°C for 5 rain, had the maximum shear strength of 108 MPa at room temperature.
基金The authors are grateful to the financial support for this research from National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant No. 51175259） , Jiangsu Science and Technology Planning Project （No. BK2011494） and University Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province （ 11KJAd30005 ）.
文摘Based on ANSYS FEM software, the distribution of residual stress in the diffusion bonding joints between Ti（ C,N） metallic ceramic/interlayer/4OCr steel was calculated and experimentally ver^ed. The results showed that the trend on the distribution of residual stress field in the joints was not changed with the use of interlayer. The maximum residual stress was always located in metallic ceramic with area ranging from 1 mm to 4 mm to the interlayer. The maximum residual stress in the joints was also affected by diffusion temperature. The satellite pulse current during the initial stage on diffusion bonding can promote the formation of liquid film at the interface, by which diffusion temperature and loading pressure can be greatly decreased. The crack initiation was easily produced at the corner of Ti （ C, N） metallic ceramic close to the interlayer. If a higher residual stress produced in the joints, the crack was propagated into the whole ceramic.
文摘Ti-based filler metals made by transient solidification and normal crystallization were selected for the vacuum brazing of the TiAl alloy and 42CrMo under different processing parameters. The results show that the tensile strength of the joint of transient solidified filler metal is higher than that of normal crystallized filler metal under the same processing parameters. By the analysis of scanning electron microscope（SEM） and X-ray diffracting （XRD） , it is found that the higher strength maybe caused by the generating of TiAl , TiNi and TiCu at the interface of joint made by transient solidified filler metal.
基金This work was financial by supported by Hundred Talents Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50571099).
文摘Contrary to the popular opinion, it has been found that metallic Ti powder can be directly utilized as dopant precursor to prepare catalytically enhanced NaAlH4 through mechanical milling. As a novel method for preparation of catalytically enhanced NaAlH4, direct metallic Ti-doping possesses practical advantage over the state-of-the-art doping technology: elimination of the inactive by-products and the gas impurities that are highly detrimental to fuel cell operation. A systematic investigation along this new approach was performed under various preparation conditions, including different starting materials, milling atmosphere and milling time. The materials thus prepared under different conditions were found to share some common features, while at the meantime, differ significantly from each other on hydrogen storage performance. A comprehensive understanding of these results provides valuable insight into a series of fundamental questions in catalytically enhanced Ti-NaAlH4 system.
基金The work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No50375065)State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Production Technology(No04005)
文摘The diffusion bonding was carried out to join Ti alloy （Ti-6Al-4V） and tin-bronze （ ZQSn10-10 ） with Ni and Ni ＋ Cu interlayer. The microstructures of the diffusion bonded joints were analyzed by scanning electron microscope （SEM）, energy dispersive spectroscopy （ EDS ） and X-ray diffraction （ XRD ）. The results show that when the interlayer is Ni or Ni ＋ Cu transition metals both could effectively prevent the diffusion between Ti and Cu and avoid the formation of the Cu-Ti intermetallic compounds （Cu3Ti, CuTi etc. ）. But the Ni-Ti intermetallic compounds （NiTi, Ni3Ti） are formed on the Ti-6Al-4V/Ni interface. When the interlayer is Ni, the optimum bonding parameters are 830 ℃/10 MPa/30 min. And when the interlayer is Ni ＋ Cu, the optimum bonding parameters are 850 ℃/10 MPa/20 min. With the optimum bonding parameters, the tensile strength of the joints with Ni and Ni ＋ Cu interlayer both are 155.8 MPa, which is 65 percent of the strength of ZQSn10-10 base metal.
文摘Effects of microalloying Ti and B on the microstructures and low temperature toughness of manual metal arc (MMA) deposits were investi- gated.Weld metals containing 200-300 ppm Ti and 29-60 ppm B deposited by manual coated elec- trodes provided an optimum low temperature toughness.The addition of B in weld metals low- ered the γ→α transformation temperature which promoted the acicular ferrite (AF) transformation. Solid solutioned B suppressed grain boundary ferrite as well as side plate ferrite formation and benefited the acicular ferrite formation.Titanium protected B from oxidizing as well as nitriding and formed Ti-Mn silicate inclusions.Ultra-high volt- age electron microscope analyses showed that TiO structure in the Ti-Mn silicate inclusions was the favorable nucleation site for acicular ferrite forma- tion.
文摘Metal active gas （ MAG） welding has been carried out on microalloy controlled rolling steel （S355J2W） by two kinds of welding wires with different Ti content. The mechanical tests have been carried out on the welded joint. The optical microscope and scanning electron microscope （SEM） observations have been performed to investigate the effect of microalloy element Ti on the microstructure of weld metal and impact fracture, respectively. The microstrueture of the MAG multipass weld metal includes the columnar grain zone （CGZ） consisting of primary ferrite （ PF）, ferrite with second phase （FS） and acicularferrite （AF）, and the fine grain zone （FGZ） consisting of polygonal ferrite due to the heat effect of subsequent welding pass. It has been found that the small amount of Ti can significantly increase the impact energy of the weld metal at low temperature and weakly affect tensile strength of welded joint. By adding small amount of Ti, the inclusions have changed from Mn-Si-O inclusions to Ti-bearing inclusions, which causes the Mn-depleted zones（MDZs） much larger and is beneficial to the impact energy by promoting the AF formation, refining the PF and pinning the austenite grain boundary during the subsequent transformation process.
基金This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.50431030, No.59871025, and No.50171006).
文摘A novel Ti/Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5 composite was successfully prepared by infiltrating the melt into sintered Ti preform. It shows that the introduction of Ti particles into the composite results in an increase in elastic strain to 3% and an enhancement of the strength up to 2.1 GPa. High specific strength has been obtained because of the decrease in density of the composite. It is suggested that an improvement in the mechanical properties of the composite may be attributed to the generation of multiple shear bands and some deformation in the Ti particles.
文摘Ti-6Al-4V compacts were fabricated by metal injection molding(MIM). Influence of vacuum sintering time on mechanical properties and microstructure of the sintered compacts at 1 260 ℃ were investigated. The experimental results show that the compacts sintered at 1 260 ℃ for 36 h, which was made from hydrogenation-dehydrogenation(HDH) powder(average particles size is 45 μm), have a relative density of 95.6% 96.7%, ultimate tensile strength of 648686MPa and 0.2% yield strength of 526615MPa; but a lower elongation(<4%) and that the compacts sintered at 1 260 ℃ for 26 h, which was made from 90% gas-atomized powder(average particles size is 32.5 μm) and 10% HDH powder, have higher relative density(>95%), ultimate tensile strength of 800848MPa, 0.2% yield strength of 712762MPa and high elongation (7.4%9.5%). When the sintering time is increased, porosity decreases and microstructure of sintered products changes from equiaxed to typical Widmanstatten, the average sizes of prior β grains, α colonies and α phase thickness in the β grains increase accordingly. After HIP treatment, pores obviously become less, microstructure of alloy is refined and mechanical properties are greatly improved.
基金Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 50875117）.
文摘In this paper, the vacuum brazing of Si3N4 ceramic was carried out with Ti40Zr25Ni15Cu20 amorphous filler metal. The interfacial microstructure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy （ SEM ）, energy dispersive spectroscopy （EDS） etc. According to the analysis, the interface reaction layer was mode up of TiN abut on the ceramic and the Ti-Si, Zr-Si compounds. The influence of brazing temperature and holding time on the joint strength was also studied. The results shows that the joint strength first increased and then decreased with the increasing of holding time and brazing temperature. The joint strength was significantly affected by the thickness of the reaction layer. Under the same experimental conditions, the joint brazed with amorphous filler metal exhibits much higher strength compared with the one brazed with crystalline filler metal with the same composition. To achieve higher joint strength at relatively low temperature, it is favorable to use the amorphous filler metal than the crystalline filler metal.
文摘The crystallization kinetics of Zr 41 Ti 14 Cu 12.5 Ni 10 Be 22.5 bulk metallic glass has been studied by using DSC and XRD. The results show that two exothermal peaks are observed when the alloy is heated to 500?℃, one peak results dominantly from the formation of Ti 2Ni ( α phase transition), the other peak is mainly due to the formation of Zr 2Cu ( β phase transition). At the beginning of the crystallization, the activation energy of the α phase is smaller, and it increases with increasing crystallized fraction ( x c). When x c increases to 90%, the crystallization activation energy shows the largest value (220?kJ/mol). The crystallization activation energy of the β phase remains about 227?kJ/mol, as it’s crystallized fraction is below 60%, and then it increases with increasing crystallized fraction, and shows the largest activation energy of 257?kJ/mol, as the x c is 65%.
