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Properties of Hot-Pressed Cr-Cr3Si

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Joseph W. Newkirk  and
Joseph E. Price
Joseph W. Newkirk
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401.
Joseph E. Price
Affiliation:
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65401.
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Abstract

Previously, Cr-Cr3Si in-situ composites produced by arc-melting were shown to have good strengths at high temperatures1. For example, samples of a 25% Cr and 75% Cr3Si composite achieved bend strengths of 135 MPa at 1200°C. However, there is potential for even higher strengths at high temperatures and a need for improvement in the low temperature strength and toughness. In order to improve the properties, two approaches were taken. The first used powder metallurgy to develop a better microstructure than in the cast alloys, to try to improve both strength and toughness. The second approach was to incorporate erbia into the composites, to improve the strength and stability of the microstructure at elevated temperatures.

High density samples of hot pressed Cr-15.5Si and Cr-18.6Si have been produced by mixing Cr and Gr3Si powders and hot pressing in a graphite die. Erbia powders have been incorporated into some compacts for comparison.

Micros true tures have been characterized and mechanical properties determined. Both the hot pressing and the erbia affected the properties. In addition the erbia had a significant effect on consolidation of the samples.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 364: Symposium L – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys–VI , 1994 , 955
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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