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FecharArtigo Científico | Tratamentos Térmicos | Inglês | 15/08/1998
Autores: A. Duarte, F. Viana, Henrique M.C.M. Santos
Palavras-chave: heat treatment, microstructure, titanium aluminides
Resumo: Two cast g titanium aluminides, Ti47Al and Ti50Al (at. %), were obtained by arc melting under an argon atmosphere. The as-cast microstructure modification by annealing under protective argon atmosphere and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) was analysed by optical and scanning electron microscopy with microanalysis facilities. As-cast structures presented strong microsegregations, being composed of primary a dendrites (with low Al content), which transformed into lamellar a2 + g during solid state cooling, and interdendritic g phase (with high Al content). Annealing in the a + g field was responsible for a partial reduction of microsegregation, a decreasing of the volume fraction of a2 + g lamellar dendrites, an increasing of g volume fraction and the occurrence of a small fraction of a2 particles and plates in some of the g grains. Annealing in the a field at 1400 °C for one hour was insufficient to eliminate the as-cast microstructure in the Ti50Al alloy and produced large equiaxed lamellar colonies of a2+g in the Ti47Al alloy. HIP in the a + g field (to avoid excessive grain growth) was responsible for microstructure modifications similar to the ones obtained by heat treating under similar soaking conditions.