Tailoring ultrafine grained and dispersion-strengthened Ti2AlC/TiAl composite via a new fabrication route

TAOTAO AI, QI YU, WENHU LI, XIANGYU ZOU, ZHIFENG DENG, XINQIANG YUAN
2016 Bulletin of Materials Science  
In situ Ti 2 AlC/TiAl composite was fabricated by hot-pressing method via the reaction system of Ti 3 AlC 2 and Ti-Al pre-alloyed powders at low temperature of 1150 • C. The composite mainly consisted of TiAl, Ti 3 Al and Ti 2 AlC phases. Fine Ti 2 AlC particles were homogeneously distributed and dispersed in the matrix. Ti 2 AlC played the significant role of deflecting and blunting the cracks and contributed to improve the mechanical properties of the composite. The Vickers hardness, flexural
more » ... strength and fracture toughness were 6.2 GPa, 993.9 ± 50.8 MPa and 6.7 ± 0.3 MPa m 1/2 , respectively.
doi:10.1007/s12034-016-1271-2 fatcat:c347wl5r3rgj5nhulwckxztz3e