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Effect of Aluminum Level on Boron Clustering in Ni3Al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

J. A. Horton ,
M. K. Miller ,
C. T. Liu ,
E. P. George  and
J. Bentley
J. A. Horton
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376
M. K. Miller
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376
C. T. Liu
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376
E. P. George
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376
J. Bentley
Affiliation:
Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6376
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Abstract

In alloys containing 0.24% boron, atom-probe field-ion microscopy (APFIM) revealed the presence of boron clusters in Ni-25 at. % Al and Ni-26 Al but not in Ni-24 Al. The observed boron clusters generally consisted of two to three boron atoms with a maximum size of 10 atoms. Quench rates that ranged from rapid solidification to furnace cooling had little effect on the clustering. The occurrence of the clustering coincides with a higher rate of boron strengthening as measured by an increase in the yield stress per atomic percent boron, and it also coincides with a reduced amount of boron segregation to grain boundaries. The levels of nickel and boron were highly variable on grain boundaries in rapidly solidified material and therefore no consistent indication of nickel enrichment at the grain boundaries associated with boron segregation was found. This result suggests that cosegregation of nickel with boron may not be necessary for the ductilization of Ni3Al by boron, since the rapidly solidified material is also ductilized by boron and exhibits segregation of only boron to the grain boundaries.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 133: Symposium H – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys III , 1988 , 89
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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