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MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 27-34Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2017.02.004
Keywords
Ti matrix composite; Mechanical characterization; Microstructure refinement; Precipitates; Strengthening mechanisms
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- National Research Fund of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [17ZR1419600, 11441900501]
- Innovation Research Fund of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education [10YZ94]
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Metal-based Electrical Power Materials
- Jiujiang Science and Technology Project
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TiC-reinforced Ti matrix composites of various TiC volume fractions were prepared via an in situ synthesis method. The microstructure of the composites was refined by thermo-mechanical processing yielding Widmanstatten and bimodal microstructures. The strengthening effects exerted by TiC reinforcement and microstructure refinement in the composite were evaluated via tensile tests at 873 K, and the strengthening mechanisms were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and mechanical models. The addition of carbon increased the beta transfus temperature of the composite significantly. The strengthening effect exerted by the solid solution carbon and dislocation hindering by the TiC particles played important roles in determining the strength of the prepared composites. In composites that featured Widmanstatten and bimodal microstructures with no precipitated silicides, the size of the a colonies was an important factor that determined the composite strength. In contrast, in composites wherein silicide precipitation had occur, the size of the a plates was a contributing factor owing to the dislocation hindering effect exerted by the silicides. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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