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Structural evolution in niobium beryllides during mechanical alloying

Journal Article · · Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States)
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  1. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc., Palo Alto, CA (United States). Research and Development Div.

This paper reports that the mechanical alloying (MA) technique has been realized as a method for producing amorphous alloy powders since the first inception. In principle, MA involves solid-state, crystalline, elemental (or compound) powders as starting materials, which are mechanically energized by a variety of milling processes (e.g., Spex milling and vibratory milling), under various environments, for different times. Since its advent, MA has served as a powerful tool for the investigation of amorphization/crystallization of a large number of alloy systems, for example Ni-Nb, Au-La, Ni-Ti, Ti-Si, Ni-Zr, and several transition metal-Zr alloys. As a result, new phases, both crystalline and amorphous, have been discovered, and previously known alloys have been produced in a simpler way by MA. One of the major advantages of MA is the ease of preparing amorphous alloys containing both high and low melting point constituents, for example Al-Ta and Al-Nb quenching methods. Moreover, the MA technique, combined with a crystallization process by annealing at elevated temperatures, is also perceived as a practical way of preparing intermetallic compounds with little (or no) tolerance for compositional variation. In contrast, conventional casting and hot-pressing techniques normally produce intermetallics consisting of two-phase mixtures, which are a result of constitutional supercooling and sluggish solid-state reactions.

OSTI ID:
7019451
Journal Information:
Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States), Journal Name: Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia; (United States) Vol. 27:7; ISSN SCRMEX
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English