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Effects of Heat Treatment on Microstructural Modification of As-Cast Gamma-TiAl Alloy

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Effects of normalizing and annealing treatments on the microstructure of Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb (at.%) were investigated. Normalizing processes were done at 1385 ± 5 °C in α-phase domain with the heating rate of 10 °C/min, the average cooling rate of 30 °C/min, and the holding times of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 min. The annealing process was done at the same temperature and heating rate, the holding time of 15 min, and the average cooling rate of 2 °C/min. Microstructures, phases, and hardness levels were studied by optical and field emission electron microscopic observations, x-ray diffractometry (XRD), and microhardness testing, respectively. Also, crystallographic texture variations were analyzed by means of texture coefficient and XRD results. Experimental results showed a linear direct relationship between treatment time and grain size, up to 15 min. A linear reversed behavior was observed for longer times. The untreated alloy consisted of γ and α2 phases with a columnar morphology with the length of about 300 μm. A near-lamellar microstructure with equiaxed gamma grains, Widmansttäten, and laminar γ + α2 colonies was obtained by the normalizing process. The maximum reduction of the grain size was about 70%, as achieved by normalizing with the 15 min holding time. A texture-free microstructure was acquired by normalizing treatment in comparison with strong texture of the as-cast and annealed alloys.

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    Mehdi Ahmadi & Seyed Rahman Hosseini

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    Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Hadavi

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Ahmadi, M., Hosseini, S.R. & Hadavi, S.M.M. Effects of Heat Treatment on Microstructural Modification of As-Cast Gamma-TiAl Alloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 2138–2146 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2067-7

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