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In-Situ synthesis of TiC and (TiW)C reinforced iron matrix composites
Pan, Wei-Dong (1); Ren, Ying-Lei (2); Qiu, Ke-Qiang (2); Cai, Qing-Kui (1)
2003, 24 (4):
377-381.
DOI: -
In-situ synthesis of 10 vol% TiC-Fe and 10 vol% (TiW)C-Fe composites was investigated. The results show that in the TiC-Fe composite, as only second phase, TiC is in two kinds of morphologies, i.e. spherultic and rod-like ones. It is identified that the spherultic TiC is a proeutectic phase and the rod-like one is a eutectic phase. In-situ synthesis of the 10 vol% (TiW)C-Fe composite in liquid iron is feasible. In the composite, the (TiW)C reinforcements are more homogeneously distributed in iron matrix, and most of them are spherultic and the few rod-like. Within the spherultic (TiW)C phase, there is an homogeneous distribution of titanium and tungsten. Its core is rich in titanium, while the periphery rich in tungsten. Such the characteristic microstructure is closely related with its formation during solidification. Comparing with the TiC, the (TiW)C phase has a density matchable for iron melt, which makes it more suitable as in-situ synthesized reinforcements in large size ingots of iron matrix composites.
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