Authors: Yihui Jiang Dan Li Shuhua Liang Juntao Zou Feng Liu
Publish Date: 2016/11/18
Volume: 52, Issue: 5, Pages: 2957-2963
Abstract
In situ TiB whisker and TiB2 particle hybrid reinforced copper matrix composites were fabricated by vacuum induction melting The phase constitution of the composites varies with their chemical composition Thermodynamic and kinetic assessments were used to analyze the phase selection of titanium borides during solidification The precipitations of TiB whisker and TiB2 particle from Cu–Ti–B liquids are both thermodynamically favored and the phase selection is thus controlled by the competition of nucleation and growth kinetics between the two titanium borides For the case of the three liquids studied in this work the nucleation conditions are satisfied except for the formation of TiB in Cu–2atTi–4atB liquid With the change of chemical composition the growth rate is altered rapidly for TiB but remains nearly unchanged for TiB2This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant Nos U1502274 and 51501149 the Pivot Innovation Team of Shaanxi Electric Materials and Infiltration Technique Grant No 2012KCT25 and the Shaanxi Key Laboratory Program Grant No 16JS063
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