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Grain growth of titanium carbide in nickel

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The infiltration technique was employed to study the grain growth of titanium carbide in liquid nickel. Three successive stages of growth were observed; formation of idiomorphic grains, spheroidization accompanied by rapid growth, and a period of coalescence and closer packing of the carbide grains. The primary mode of grain growth appears to be by dissolution of high energy surfaces, transport of carbide through the liquid phase and isothermal redeposition.

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  1. Dept. of Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    Leonard P. Skolnick (Member AIME, Research Assistant, Dept. of Metallurgy)

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TP 4406E. Manuscript, Apr. 13, 1956. New York Meeting, February 1956.

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Skolnick, L.P. Grain growth of titanium carbide in nickel. JOM 9, 438–442 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03397895

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