Abstract
Abstract Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of compacted blends of nano-size TiO 2 and micron-size Al powders was used to fabricate in situ alumina–TiAl/Ti 3 Al interpenetrating phase composites. Combustion wave propagation and pressureless or pressure-assisted thermal explosion (TE) modes have been investigated, and samples' temperature in the course of combustion synthesis has been accurately monitored. The ignition of self-sustained reaction in the system studied occurred at temperatures well above the melting point of Al, and temperature evolution in the samples was affected by interfacial barriers and by heat transfer to the surrounding ambience. The application of a moderate pressure (∼ 50 MPa) during thermal explosion at 950 °C yielded near fully dense (up to 98% TD) Al 2 O 3 –TiAl/Ti 3 Al composites with fine micron size interpenetrating ceramic and intermetallic networks. The aluminide component had a very fine submicron γ+α 2 lamellar microstructure. The TE procedure performed under uni-axial pressure between press rams (reactive forging) seems especially attractive due to the extremely short processing cycle (several minutes) and near-net-shape capability. This approach is compared with reactive hot pressing (RHP) where only partial conversion of reagents into products was observed after one hour exposure at 950 °C.
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