Abstract

Particles of Al-Ni alloys with different compositions (Al–50 wt-% Ni and Al–36 wt-% Ni) were produced using a drop tube-impulse system, known as Impulse Atomization. The microstructure of these rapidly solidified particles was compared with those solidified in a DSC at low cooling rates (0.083 and 0.33 K/sec). Also, the microstructure of the sample solidified in microgravity on-board of the TEXUS 44 sounding rocket was analyzed. Neutron diffraction was used to investigate the phases formed during different solidification processes. From SEM micrographs and neutron diffraction it was found that the inner parts of the TEXUS sample and the sample that was cooled at 0.083 K/sec contain almost no eutectic structure. The outer rim of the TEXUS sample showed the highest amount of Al3Ni and lowest amount of Al3Ni2 Increasing the cooling rate from 0.083 to 0.33 K/sec increased the Al3Ni/Al3Ni2 ratio. Opposite trend was observed in the impulse-atomized particles, where increasing the cooling rate decreased the Al3Ni/Al3Ni2 ratio.

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