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DSC evaluation of homogenity of Ni-Ti alloys ingots
Kuběnová, Monika ; Zemčík, Ladislav (referee) ; Dlouhý, Antonín (advisor)
Alloy NiTi with nearequiatomic composition of nickel and titan belongs to a group of metal materials with a shape memory effect (Shape memory alloys). NiTi alloys are a guite attractive materials not only as practical shape memory alloys with hight strenght and ductility but also as those exhibiting unique physical properties. The production of these matrerials is complying with chemical composition. Final charakteristics of alloy are influenced by these bounderies and also by mechanical-heat treatment. This work deal with DSC evaluation of homogenity of ingot structure of NiTi alloy containing 50,8 at.% Ni. The alloy was melted in Y2O3 cricible. In the end the results of DSC method are compared to the microstructure of alloy obtained by SEM and TEM methods.
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Nanopowders of R.sub.2./sub.Fe.sub.14./sub.B-type compounds in high magnetic fields: The effects of substitutional and interstitial atoms on inter-sublattice exchange interaction
Paukov, M. ; Ivanov, L. ; Tereshina, I. ; Tereshina-Chitrova, Evgenia ; Gorbunov, D. ; Andreev, A. V. ; Pyatakov, A.P. ; Granovsky, S.A. ; Doerr, M. ; Drulis, H.
The fundamental magnetic characteristics of R2Fe14B intermetallics are highly sensitive to atomic substitutions and interstitial absorption of light elements. In this work, both were combined, and the influence of the substitutions in the R-sublattice and hydrogen absorption on the magnetization of (RR’) 2Fe14BHx (R is Tm or Er, and R’ is Nd) in magnetic fields up to 58 T was studied. By using direct hydrogen absorption, (R0.5Nd0.5)2Fe14BHx compounds were obtained with hydrogen content 0≤x≤5.5. Magnetic measurements were carried out on nanopowders. The strength of the inter-sublattice coupling in (R0.5Nd0.5)2Fe14B and their hydrides is estimated by analysing high-field magnetization data. It is shown that hydrogenation weakens the inter-sublattice exchange interaction up to 45 %.
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Crack Resistance Characterization in TiAl Intermetallics with Enhanced Toughness
Dlouhý, Ivo ; Stratil, Luděk ; Fukutomi, H. ; Hasegawa, M.
The paper is focused on the analysis of the role of lamellar microstructure in fracture performance of model TiAl intermetallic compound. Coarse lamellar colonies and, at the same time, fine lamellar morphology were prepared by compressive deformation at 1553 K (region of stable alpha phase in TiAl equilibrium diagram) followed by controlled cooling to 1473 K (region of alpha+gamma phase) with delay on this temperature and then cooling down. The fracture toughness was evaluated by means of chevron notch technique. In addition, because of enhanced toughness, crack resistance curves were obtained by load - unload technique of pre-racked beams, namely in two directions of crack propagation relative to lamellar structure. Extensive development of shear ligament toughening mechanism was observed in fracture surfaces leading to quite good fracture toughness thanks to the heat treatment applied.
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Investigation of vacancies in Fe-Al alloys
Lukáč, František ; Čížek, Jakub (advisor) ; Král, Robert (referee) ; Schneeweiss, Oldřich (referee)
Title: Investigation of vacancies in Fe-Al alloys Author: RNDr. František Lukáč Department: Department of Low Temperature Physics Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Jakub Čížek, Ph.D., Department of Low Temperature Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Abstract: Fe-Al alloys exhibit relatively high vacancy concentrations, which significantly influence the mechanical properties of these alloys. Positron annihi- lation spectroscopy was employed for investigations of vacancies in this work and the vacancy concentrations in Fe-Al alloys were determined by positron lifetime spectroscopy and measurements of positron diffusion length of implanted mono- genergetic positrons. The correlation of hardness with the vacancy concentration was characterized by determination of the vacancy hardening coefficient in Fe- Al alloys. The thermal evolutions of hardness and the vacancy concentration were compared during the annealing of the Fe-Al alloys with various composi- tions. Coincidence Doppler broadening of annihilation peak was employed for determination of the chemical composition of quenched-in vacancies in Fe-Al al- loys. Increased concentration of Al atoms in surrounding vacancies in Fe-Al alloys was related to the attractive interaction between the Al atoms and the vacancy. Quantum mechanical ab initio calculations were...
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DSC evaluation of homogenity of Ni-Ti alloys ingots
Kuběnová, Monika ; Zemčík, Ladislav (referee) ; Dlouhý, Antonín (advisor)
Alloy NiTi with nearequiatomic composition of nickel and titan belongs to a group of metal materials with a shape memory effect (Shape memory alloys). NiTi alloys are a guite attractive materials not only as practical shape memory alloys with hight strenght and ductility but also as those exhibiting unique physical properties. The production of these matrerials is complying with chemical composition. Final charakteristics of alloy are influenced by these bounderies and also by mechanical-heat treatment. This work deal with DSC evaluation of homogenity of ingot structure of NiTi alloy containing 50,8 at.% Ni. The alloy was melted in Y2O3 cricible. In the end the results of DSC method are compared to the microstructure of alloy obtained by SEM and TEM methods.
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INFLUENCE OF MELTING TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON THE OXYGEN CONTENT IN TiAlNb ALLOYS
Barták, Tomáš ; Zemčík, L. ; Dlouhý, Antonín
The present study investigates a cost-effective melting of TiAlNb intermetallics in a stable yttrium oxide refractory. We identify mechanisms that mainly contribute to the oxygen pick-up during melting. Systematic microstructural and chemical analysis provided evidence that erosion and dissolution of crucible wall are key factors of the process. Experiments were performed using two Ti46Al7Nb alloys with a different initial content of oxygen. The alloys were re-melted in vacuum induction furnace inside U-shaped yttria crucibles. The experiments involved three different temperatures in combination with melting times spanning from 300 to 1800 s. The oxygen content of re-melted and solidified alloys was assessed by means of inert gas fusion technique. Results of the chemical analysis provided clear evidence that the stability of the refractory wall in contact with the molten alloy and its rate of dissolution depend mainly on melting temperature. These results are further supported by microstructural observations that confirmed ever growing content of ceramic phases in the solidified intermetallic with increasing temperature of the melt. The work also contributed to the improved experimental methodology, in particular to temperature measurements of reactive melts.
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Synthesis of intermetallic phases by mechanical alloying
Novák, P. ; Michalcová, A. ; Vystrčil, J. ; Valalik, M. ; Mlynár, J. ; Kubatík, Tomáš František
Mechanical alloying is a process in which the formation of solid solutions or compounds during high energy milling. During the process are mechanically interconnecting particles plastic deformation and simultaneous cleavage resulting particles. The kinetic energy imparted by the milled powder also causes local heating. This will occur among other conditions for the formation of intermetallic compounds, including those of metastable, otherwise at ordinary metallurgical operations (melting, casting, heat treating, etc..) arises. Due to intense plastic deformation during milling resulting powder has very fine grain structure. If the powder is then suitably zkompaktizován so as not to substantial grain coarsening, obtained products achieve significantly better mechanical properties than materials produced by conventional techniques. In this work is presented the possibility of using mechanical alloying for the preparation of several technically important intermetallics-high-temp
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