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Nucleation behavior of ωo phase in TiAl alloys at different elevated temperatures

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In this study, the location, morphology and composition of the ωo phase, which transformed from B2 phase in Ti–45Al–8.5Nb-(W, B, Y) (at.%) alloy, were investigated by short-time heat treatments in an intermediate temperature range. The results showed that the characteristics of B2 → ωo phase transformation differ with the reduction in temperature. Below the ωo solves, the B2 → ωo phase transformation will take place within B2 area. There are existing two stages in the phase transformations during cooling from 850 to 700 °C. When the temperature is high (850 °C), granular ωo populated along the dislocations existing in B2 phase and B2 grain boundaries, due to higher energy and the enrichment of Nb element at the B2/γ boundaries. It is worth noting that only two ωo variants nucleate at 850 °C. With the decrease in temperature, the nucleation sites of ωo phase would be migrated from the B2 boundaries to the inner area. At the temperature of 700 °C, four ωo variants with different orientations nucleate homogenously within B2 grain. The ordered ωo formation process of Ti–45Al–8.5Nb-(W, B, Y) alloy during cooling was postulated in this study.

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The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51401168 and 51601146), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3102014JCQ01026) and the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2016JQ5087).

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    Xuyang Wang, Jieren Yang, Lin Song, Yulun Wu, Keren Zhang, Rui Hu & Hengzhi Fu

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Wang, X., Yang, J., Song, L. et al. Nucleation behavior of ωo phase in TiAl alloys at different elevated temperatures. J Mater Sci 53, 5287–5295 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1722-1

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