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METALLURGY AND PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED NiAl-Mo EUTECTICS
Barták, Tomáš ; Kuchařová, Květa ; Záležák, Tomáš ; Dlouhý, Antonín
A NiAl-Mo eutectic alloy was melt from 99,99% purity components and cast by the drop casting technique. The drop-cast ternary alloy (nominal composition of Ni-45Al-9Mo at. %), was re-melted and directionally solidified using a high temperature optical floating zone furnace. A resulting in-situ composite consists of Ni-45,2Al matrix and Mo-10Al-4Ni fibers, all in at. %. The volume fraction of 14% Mo-fibers stems from the eutectic composition. Spacing and a diameter of Mo-fibers can be controlled within certain limits using different growth rates of the crystals. Microstructural parameters of the as-cast crystals were assessed by light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Backscatter diffraction shows that the NiAl-matrix and the Mo-fibers are both < 001 >-oriented with respect to the axis of the cylindrical rods. Preliminary creep experiments confirmed an immense improvement of high temperature strength due to the fine distribution of Mo-fibres. The amount of strengthening in terms of minimum creep rate can be as high as 7 orders of magnitude. Post-mortem transmission electron microscopy experiments provided evidence that creep in the temperature range of 800-900 degrees C results in an extensive formation of subgrain boundaries. The strengthening effect is very likely associated with the reactions between subgrain boundaries and fine Mo-fibres.
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METALLURGY AND PROPERTIES OF ADVANCED NiAl-Mo EUTECTICS
Barták, Tomáš ; Kuchařová, Květa ; Záležák, Tomáš ; Dlouhý, Antonín
A NiAl-Mo eutectic alloy was melt from 99,99% purity components and cast by the drop casting technique. The drop-cast ternary alloy (nominal composition of Ni-45Al-9Mo at. %), was re-melted and directionally solidified using a high temperature optical floating zone furnace. A resulting in-situ composite consists of Ni-45,2Al matrix and Mo-10Al-4Ni fibers, all in at. %. The volume fraction of 14% Mo-fibers stems from the eutectic composition. Backscatter diffraction shows that the NiAl-matrix and the Mo-fibers are both < 001 >-oriented with respect to the axis of the cylindrical rods. Preliminary creep experiments confirmed an immense improvement of high temperature strength due to the fine distribution of Mo-fibres. The amount of strengthening in terms of minimum creep rate can be as high as 7 orders of magnitude. Post-mortem transmission electron microscopy experiments provided evidence that creep in the temperature range of 800 - 900 degrees C results in an extensive formation of subgrain boundaries. The strengthening effect is very likely associated with the reactions between subgrain boundaries and fine Mo-fibres.
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Creep in NiAl-Mo Eutectics
Dudová, Marie ; Barták, Tomáš ; Kuchařová, Květa ; Dlouhý, Antonín
We report on creep in NiAl-Mo ternary eutectic and NiAl intermetallic, having respective nominal compositions Ni-45.5Al-9Mo and Ni-45.2Al (at.%). These alloys were directionally solidified in a high-temperature optical floating zone furnace. The eutectic alloy exhibited a well-aligned rod-like microstructure, consisting of NiAl matrix and 14% (by volume) continuous Mo-fibres oriented along a [001]-crystal growth direction. Cylindrical [001]-oriented specimens were loaded in compression at temperatures in a range 1073 – 1173 K. Formidable strengthening by regularly distributed fine fibres (typical diameter, 400 nm) was observed which resulted in minimum creep rates of the NiAl-Mo eutectic that were seven orders of magnitude lower than the corresponding minimum creep rates of the NiAl matrix. Preliminary microstructural investigations suggested that the strengthening effect is due to an interaction between Mo fibres and subgrain boundaries that form in the course of creep. This interaction leads to an increase of dislocation density in the vicinity of fibres and to an efficient redistribution of stresses in the microstructure.
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3D modelling of dislocation processes
Záležák, Tomáš
Article presents a 3D model which describes a motion of discrete dislocations in a crystalline material at high temperatures. The dislocation curves are represented by straight line segments. The driving forces are determined by a Peach-Koehler formula which considers the self-stress and applied stress. The segment velocity is approximated by a temperature-dependent linear relation to the Peach-Koehler force. The model incorporates spherical precipitates. The model is also capable of adaptive adjustment of a time integration step and remeshing of the straight segment network. Topological changes (i. e. annihilation) are also included. The numerical integration takes advantage of the model symmetry to speed up the simulation process, save computer memory and reduce numerical errors. The model is applied to a system of coaxial dislocation loops in a field of spherical particles.
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