Abstract
Ti–13.5Si and Ti–25Si (at.%) alloys have been arc-melted from high-purity raw materials, using a water-cooled copper hearth, a non-consumable tungsten electrode, and under an Ar atmosphere gettered by titanium. The cast ingots were then heat-treated for 90 h at 1000 and 1100 °C in an inert atmosphere, and both the as-cast and the heat-treated alloys were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and an energy dispersive microanalysis system. The as-cast Ti–13.5Si alloy presented a eutectic microstructure composed of the Ti SS and Ti 5Si 3 phases, while the microstructure of the as-cast Ti–25Si alloy showed the presence of large primary precipitates of Ti 5Si 3 in a eutectic matrix of Ti SS and Ti 5Si 3. Subsequent heat treatment at 1100 °C produced no significant microstructural modifications in the Ti–25Si alloy, and it is suggested that the presence of the large primary precipitates of Ti 5Si 3 contributed to a reduction in the kinetics of Ti 3Si formation. In the Ti–13.5Si alloys, the formation of Ti 3Si was not observed after heat treatment at 1000 °C, but a large amount of Ti 3Si was found after heat treatment at 1100 °C, confirming its existence in Ti–Si alloys containing low interstitial contents.
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