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Microstructural Stability Of a NiAI-Mo Eutectic Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. T. Kush ,
J. W. Holmes  and
R. Gibala
M. T. Kush
Affiliation:
Present address: Rolls-Royce, P.O. Box 420, Speed Code 0–2, Indianapolis, 46206–0420
J. W. Holmes
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan, MEAM Department, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2125
R. Gibala
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan, MSE Department, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2136
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Abstract

The microstructural stability of a directionally-solidified NiA1–9 at.% Mo quasi-binary alloy was investigated under conditions of thermal cycling between the temperatures 973 K and 1473 K utilizing time-temperature heating and cooling profiles which approximate potential engine applications. Two different microstructures were examined: a cellular microstructure in which the faceted secondphase Mo rods in the NiAl matrix formed misaligned cell boundaries which separated aligned cells approximately 0.4 mm in width and 5–25 mm in length, and a nearly fault-free fully columnar microstructure well aligned along the [001] direction. Both microstructures resisted coarsening under thermal cycling, but plastic deformation induced by thermal stresses introduced significant specimen shape changes. Surprisingly, the cellular microstructure, for which the cell boundary region apparently acts as a deformation buffer, exhibited better resistance to thermal fatigue than the more fault-free and better aligned columnar microstructure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 552: Symposium KK – High-Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys VIII , 1998 , KK9.3.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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