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Title: Microstructural stability of directionally solidified eutectic NiAl-Mo under static and thermal cycling conditions

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OSTI ID:571818
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  1. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

The quasi-binary eutectic NiAl-9% Mo with faceted molybdenum fibers was subjected to both thermal annealing conditions and to annealing under thermal cycling conditions to determine the microstructural stability of this alloy. The static temperature tests were run at 0.85T{sub M}--0.97T{sub M} in an argon gas atmosphere. The thermal cycling tests were performed between temperatures of 700 C and 1,200 C by induction heating disk-shaped specimens in an argon gas atmosphere using time-temperature heating and cooling profiles to approximate potential engine applications. To quantify microstructural changes, the fiber size and size distribution and number of fibers per unit area were measured as a function of time at temperature. The overall results demonstrate that the directionally solidified eutectic NiAl-9Mo subjected to thermal fatigue conditions exhibits cell boundary coarsening and large shape changes, whereas the microstructure under static stress-free annealing is stable.

OSTI ID:
571818
Report Number(s):
CONF-961202-; TRN: IM9806%%104
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 2-6 Dec 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of High-temperature ordered intermetallic alloys VII; Koch, C.C. [ed.] [North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)]; Liu, C.T. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Stoloff, N.S. [ed.] [Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)]; Wanner, A. [ed.] [Univ. Stuttgart (Germany)]; PB: 799 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 460
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English