Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Binary Ti-Rich Fe–Ti, Al-Rich Fe–Al, and Ti–Al Alloys

International audienceThree series of binary, FeTi (Ti-rich), FeAl and TiAl (Al-rich) alloy samples were produced in an argon arc furnace. An annealing treatment of 72 h at 1000 • C was applied to the samples, giving rise to different equilibrium microstructures depending on chemical composition. Their mechanical properties were studied through the determination of elastic constants that measure the stiffness of the elaborated materials. Young's modulus of the binary alloys was determined using Resonance Ultrasonic Vibration (RUV). The accuracy of this technique was demonstrated. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) made it possible to identify intermetallic compounds FeTi and Fe 2 Ti, FeAl and FeAl 2 , and TiAl and TiAl 2 in respective systems Fe-Ti, Fe-Al, and Ti-Al. The link between their composition, microstructure, and elastic properties was established

Synthesis and Mechanical Characterization of Binary and Ternary Intermetallic Alloys Based on Fe-Ti-Al by Resonant Ultrasound Vibrational Methods

International audiencePrecise but simple experimental and inverse methods allowing the recovery of mechanical material parameters are necessary for the exploration of materials with novel crystallographic structures and elastic properties, particularly for new materials and those existing only in theory. The alloys studied herein are of new atomic compositions. This paper reports an experimental study involving the synthesis and development of methods for the determination of the elastic properties of binary (Fe-Al, Fe-Ti and Ti-Al) and ternary (Fe-Ti-Al) intermetallic alloys with different concentrations of their individual constituents. The alloys studied were synthesized from high purity metals using an arc furnace with argon flow to ensure their uniformity and homogeneity. Precise but simple methods for the recovery of the elastic constants of the isotropic metals from resonant ultrasound vibration data were developed. These methods allowed the fine analysis of the relationships between the atomic concentration of a given constituent and the Young's modulus or alloy density

Corrigendum on “Microstructural and elastic properties of stable aluminium-rich TiAl and TiAl2 formed phase intermetallics” [Mater. Lett. 287 (2021) 129295]

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Structural and Mechanical Properties of theTi32Al68 and Ti40Al60 Binary Alloys: Experimental and computational Studies

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Microstructural and Elastic Properties of Stable Aluminium-rich TiAl and TiAl2 Formed Phase Intermetallics

International audienceWe studied aluminium-rich Ti-Al (Ti32Al68 and Ti40Al60) binary alloys that were composed of TiAl and TiAl2 lamellar microstructures. The law of mixtures was employed in calculating the theoretical Young’s moduli. The lattice parameters of the alloys showed that both were tetragonal crystals. In the computational study, we made use of our modified method for the stress–strain calculation of elastic constants. The alloys at the respective chemical compositions were modelled by creating titanium (Ti) supercells, which were then doped by replacing some of the Ti atoms with aluminium atoms. The values of elastic moduli were verified by the ab initio calculation in this work, which showed a perfect agreement. The Pugh’s ratio showed that both the alloys are ductile