Citation

Rhodes CG, Vassiliou MS, Mitchell MR, Spurling RA. Metallurgical Transactions A 1990; 21(6): 1589-1593.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990)

DOI

10.1007/BF02672574

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Explosive shock-wave consolidation has been used to fabricate a composite consisting of gamma phase titanium aluminide matrix reinforced with paniculate silicon carbide. Although the consolidation process takes less than a microsecond to complete, melting of the surfaces of the titanium aluminide powder particles results in a reaction with the silicon carbide. Titanium suicide and titanium carbide form in the molten zone, depleting it of titanium to the extent that its final composition is TiAl3. In addition, a second titanium suicide phase forms on the surfaces of the silicon carbide particles. © 1990 The Metallurgical of Society of AIME.

Language: en

Keywords

Intermetallics; Matrix-Reinforcement Interactions; Shock Wave Consolidation; Silicon Carbide Particulate Reinforcement; Titanium Aluminide; Titanium Aluminum Alloys--Fiber Reinforcement