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Experimental Investigation of Phase Equilibria in the Cu–Cr–Ti System

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To provide a basic guide for the design of Cu–Cr-based alloys, phase equilibrium relations in the Cu–Cr–Ti system have been studied using diffusion triples and typical equilibrated alloys. Based on the results from electron-probe microscopy analysis and x-ray diffraction, isothermal sections of the Cu–Cr–Ti ternary system at 1073 and 973 K were constructed, wherein 9 and 11 three-phase equilibria were determined, respectively. A ternary phase with an approximate composition of (Cu, Cr)4Ti3 was detected and named as τ1. The binary Cu4Ti3 phase does not connect with τ1 in the ternary region. Solid solution phases (Cu, Cr)3Ti2 and τ1 were identified and confirmed in both diffusion triple and alloy samples. The solubility of Cr in Cu3Ti2 extends to 12 at.% at both 1073 and 973 K. (Cu, Cr)3Ti2 and Cu3Ti2 form a continuous solid solution at 1073 K while do not exist as one stable phase at 973 K. In addition, two two-phase regions of Cu4Ti + (Cu, Cr)3Ti2 and Cu4Ti3 + (Cu, Cr)3Ti2 transform to the three-phase regions of Cu4Ti + Cu4Ti3 + (Cu, Cr)3Ti2 as the temperature decreases from 1073 to 973 K.

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The work was supported by grants from the National MCF Energy R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFE0306100) and the National Key Research and Development Plan (No. 2016YFB0701301). Lilong Zhu acknowledges the financial support from the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (No. tsqn201909081).

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  2. Key Lab of Non-Ferrous Metal Materials Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    J. H. Li, X. M. Huang & G. M. Cai

  3. Institute for Advanced Studies in Precision Materials, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong, 264005, People’s Republic of China

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Li, J.H., Huang, X.M., Zhu, L.L. et al. Experimental Investigation of Phase Equilibria in the Cu–Cr–Ti System. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 42, 389–402 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-021-00892-y

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