Lamellar orientation control of Ti-48Al PST cyrstal by unidirectional solidification

M. Takeyama, Y. Yamamoto, H. Morishima, K. Koike, S. Y. Chang, T. Matsuo

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Abstract

Control of lamellar orientation in unidirectionally solidified Ti-48Al PST crystals has been attempted by an optical floating zone method using various seed crystals of Ti-(48-57)Al alloys. Regardless of the seed crystals, the Ti-48Al PST crystals can be grown without any difficulty. However, the lamellar orientation can never reproducibly be controlled by using any seeds but single crystal of Ti-57Al. In case of the 48Al PST seed, polycrystallization due to γ → α phase transformation takes place in heating to melt. The seeds with composition range of a peritectic reaction (L + α → γ) to occur in melting exhibit a cellular liquid/solid interface, resulting in new grains there. In these cases, the grown crystal follows an orientation of one of the newly formed grains. The single crystal seed of Ti-57Al exhibits a flat liquid/solid interface in melting (γ → γ + L) even after making contact with 48Al alloy to grow, and the grown crystal follows the seed orientation. It is concluded that composition travel to skip the peritectic reaction (L + α → γ) using γ single phase seed makes the control of lamellar orientation of PST crystals possible.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-12
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering: A
Volume329-331
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2002
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This research is supported by the research grant on ‘Research for the Future Program’ from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (96R12301), and in part by a grant-in-aid (11875149) for Scientific Research from Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.

FundersFunder number
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science96R12301, 11875149
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

    Keywords

    • Gamma single-phase single crystal
    • Lamellar orientation control
    • Optical floating zone method
    • Seed crystal
    • Ti-48Al PST crystal
    • Unidirectional solidification

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