Liquid titanium solute diffusion measured by pulsed ion-beam melting

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Abstract

The diffusivities of Sn, Mo, Zr, and Hf in liquid Ti were determined by pulsed ion-beam melting of thin liquid layers. Time-resolved optical reflectance and one-dimensional heat-flow simulations were employed to determine the melt duration. The broadening of nearly Gaussian solute concentration-depth profiles was determined ex situ using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. Solute diffusivities in the range of 5 to 9 × 10-5 cm2/s were determined at temperatures in the range of 2200 to 2500 K. Calculations of buoyancy and Marangoni convection indicate that convective contamination is unlikely.

Original languageEnglish
Article number171
Pages (from-to)2969-2974
Number of pages6
JournalMetallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
Volume32
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This research was sponsored by NASA Grant No. NAG8-1256 at Harvard University, CGS at Cornell University, and United States Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000 at Sandia National Laboratories. Ion implantation was performed in the Surface Modification and Characterization Research Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. TEM sample preparation and observations were assisted by W.A. Chu in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.

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