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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7-12 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Materials Science and Engineering: A |
Volume | 329-331 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
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.
Funders | Funder number |
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | 96R12301, 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