Abstract
The present paper describes processing, microstructures and phase relationships in directionally solidified Cr2NbNb and Cr2NbCr eutectics. Both of these eutectics, and the stoichiometric Laves phase Cr2Nb, were directionally solidified using cold crucible Czochralski crystal growth with growth rates from 1 to 15 mm/min. Cr2NbNb had a rod/ribbon-type structure and Cr2NbCr had a lamellar structure. The crystallographic oreintation relationships between both Cr and Nb and the Cr2Nb Laves phase in the individual eutectics were characterized using transmission electron microscopy. Inter-phase orientation relationships in these eutectics were complicated by the transformation of Cr2Nb from the C14 to the C15 crystal structure on post-solidification cooling. Twins were observed in the C15 Cr2Nb phase in both the single phase and eutectic samples. The relationship between the twins, the C14–C15 transformation, and the eutectic morphology is also discussed.
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