Precipitation in a CrCr2Nb alloy
Precipitation in a CrCr2Nb alloy
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DOI:
10.1016/s1359-6454(97)00050-5
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发表时间:
1997-09
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影响因子:
9.4
通讯作者:
K. Kumar;C. Liu
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作者:
K. Kumar;C. Liu
The microstructure of a CrCr2Nb two-phase alloy containing 12 at. % Nb was examined in the as-cast and annealed conditions using optical and electron microscopy techniques. In the as-cast condition, a Cr solid-solution matrix and a eutectic mixture of Cr solid solution and C15 Cr2Nb coexist. In the Cr matrix, adjacent to the CrCr2Nb interface, dislocations are observed and are likely a consequence of the thermal mismatch between the two phases. The matrix solid solution, away from the eutectic Cr2Nb, also exhibits a high dislocation density and intense deformation bands; no solid-state precipitation of Cr2Nb in the matrix had occurred. Upon annealing for as little as 3 h at 1200°C, however, precipitation occurs; these precipitates, with the C15 crystal structure, have a rod morphology with a hexagonal cross-section and faceted end-caps. These precipitates are twinned, the twinning system being the same as in the eutectic Cr2Nb. Mismatch dislocations are observed in the precipitate/matrix interface and dislocations arising from thermal contraction mismatch are also present in the Cr matrix adjacent to the precipitate/matrix interface. The precipitate-matrix orientation relationship was (101)m//(11 )pand [1 01]m//1 01]p. Exposure at 1200°C for extended times results in some precipitate coarsening. A second type of precipitate with a cube-on-cube orientation with the matrix and a lattice parameter of a ≅ 11.5 A ̊ was occasionally observed, persisted upon extended annealing, and was identified as an M6C-type carbide (M = Cr, Nb) that may be stabilized by other interstitial contaminants such as oxygen.