Strength improvement and fracture mechanism in Fe40Al/TiC composites with high content of TiC

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abstract

TiC preforms with high degrees of densification (80 and 88%) were prepared by pre-sintering (1500 degrees C x 1 h and 1500 degrees C x 4 h). Fe40Al melt (1450 degrees C) infiltrated the preforms in an indirect upward infiltration method to produce Fe40Al/TiC composites with TiC volume fraction ranging of 74-88%. Bending strength, hardness, fracture toughness and Young's modulus were measured. The highest values of four-point bending strength and indentation Vickers hardness reach 1400 MPa and 14.4 GPa, respectively. The strength is significantly improved compared to the values previously reported in the literature. This is attributed to the processing technique optimisation including powder de-agglomerating, preform pre-sintering and indirect upward infiltration, all leading to fully dense and nearly defect free composites. Microstructural characteristics and fracture mechanism of the composites were investigated with SEM and TEM. The results show that TiC and Fe0.6Al0.4 are the only two phases in the composites. Fe40Al ligaments exhibit ductile behaviour and act as bridges during the fracture process. The effect of the surface roughness of the test samples on the bending strength was also investigated. (c) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

keywords

MELT-INFILTRATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; DOPED FEAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; EMBRITTLEMENT; BEHAVIOR

subject category

Chemistry; Materials Science; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering

authors

Gao, MX; Oliveira, FJ; Pan, Y; Yang, L; Baptista, JL; Vieira, JM

our authors

foto Filipe José Alves de Oliveira

Filipe José Alves de Oliveira

Principal Researcher
foto Joaquim Manuel Vieira

Joaquim Manuel Vieira

Retired Professor

Groups

G2 - Photonic, Electronic and Magnetic Materials
G3 - Electrochemical Materials, Interfaces and Coatings

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Publication Details

type
Journal Article
year
2005
journal
INTERMETALLICS
volume
13
publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
issn
0966-9795
issue
5
digital object identifier
10.1016/j.intermet.2004.08.005
web of science article identifier
WOS:000227698800003

Journal Metrics (JCR 2019)

Journal Impact Factor
3.398
Journal Impact Factor (5 yrs)
3.604
category normalized journal percentile
68.839

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