Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Interfaces in as-extruded XD Al/TiC and Al/TiB2 metal matrix composites

  • Articles
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A detailed study was conducted of the microstructure and particle-matrix interfaces in Al/TiCp metal matrix composites prepared by the XD process and subsequent extrusion. A study of the morphology of the TiC particles showed that the surfaces are low index (111) and (200) planes, the former being more common. Direct contact on an atomic scale is established between Al and TiC, allowing chemical bonds to form. Young’s modulus is in the range expected for a composite of Al and TiC with good interfacial bonding and load transfer to the particles. No third element has been detected at the interfaces, showing that they are clean. Both incoherent and semicoherent interfaces are seen. The interface character depends on the size of the particles and their orientation with respect to the neighboring Al grains. “Special” interfaces with evidence for nearly periodic dislocations were observed in both XD Al/TiC and Al/TiB2 composites, indicating the general tendency of in situ composites to lower their interfacial energy by forming such boundaries.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. S.Y. Oh, J.A. Cornie, and K. C. Russell, Metall. Trans. 20A, 533 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. J. P. Lucas, N.Y.C. Yang, and J.J. Stephens, in Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials, edited by W.A.T. Clark, U. Dahmen, and C. L. Briant (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 238, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992), p. 877.

  3. C. Jones, C. J. Kiely, and S. S. Wang, J. Mater. Res. 4, 327 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. W. Mader and M. Rühle, Acta Metall. 37, 853 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. W. Mader, Z. Metallic. 80, 139 (1989).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. F. Ernst, P. Pirouz, and A.H. Heuer, Philos. Mag. A 63, 259 (1991).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. A. R. C. Westwood, Metall. Trans. 19A, 749 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. L. Wang and R.J. Arsenault, Metall. Trans. 22A, 3013 (1991).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. B.L. Bramfitt, Metall. Trans. 1, 1987 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. A. Banerji and W. Reif, Metall. Trans. 17A, 2127 (1986).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. J. Cisse, G.F. Boiling, and H.W. Keer, J. Cryst. Growth 13/14, 777 (1972).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. S. K. Rhee, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 53, 386 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. L. Ramqvist, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 30, 1835 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. R. Mitra, J. R. Weertman, and M. E. Fine, J. Mater. Res. 8, 2370 (1993).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. K. Nogi, M. Tsujimoto, K. Ogino, and N. Iwamoto, Acta Metall. Mater. 40, 1045 (1992).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. A.M. Bradshaw, J.F. Van der Veen, F.J. Himpsel, and D.E. Eastman, Solid State Commun. 37, 37 (1980).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. A. Fujimori, F. Minami, and N. Tsuda, Surf. Sci. 121, 199 (1982).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. A. L. Ivanovsky and V. A. Gubanov, in Atomic Scale Calculations of Structure in Materials, edited by M. S. Daw and M. A. Schluter (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 193, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990), p. 161.

  19. R. M. Aikin, Jr., Martin Marietta Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, private communications.

  20. M.E. Fine, in ASM STP 129, 1 (1952).

  21. A. P. Katz, H. A. Lipsitt, T. Mah, and M. G. Mendiratta, J. Mater. Sci. 18, 1983 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. V. P. Dravid, C. E. Lyman, M. R. Notis, and A. Revcolevschi, Ultramicrosc. 29, 60 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. K. L. Merkle, in Proc. XIIth Int. Cong. Elec. Micro. (EMSA, San Francisco, CA, 1990), p. 332.

    Google Scholar 

  24. P.W. Tasker, J. Phys. C 12, 4977 (1979).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. D. Wolf, in Ceramic Microstructures ‘86: Role of Interfaces, edited by J. A. Pask and A. G. Evans (Materials Science Research, Plenum Press, New York, 1986), Vol. 21, p. 177.

    Google Scholar 

  26. Y. Gao and K. L. Merkle, in Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials, edited by W. A. T. Clark, U. Dahmen, and C. L. Briant (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 238, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992), p. 775.

  27. P. G. Self, R. W. Glaisher, and A. E. C. Spargo, Ultramicrosc. 18, 49 (1985).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. A. M. Stoneham and P. W. Tasker, J. Phys. C 18, L543 (1985).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. A. M. Stoneham and P. W. Tasker, in Ceramic Microstructures ‘86: Role of Interfaces, edited by J. A. Pask and A. G. Evans (Materials Science Research, Plenum Press, New York, 1986), Vol. 21, p. 155.

    Google Scholar 

  30. R. Mitra, W.A. Chiou, J.R. Weertman, M.E. Fine, and W.A. Chiou, in Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials, edited by W.A.T. Clark, U. Dahmen, and C. L. Briant (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 238, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992), p. 871.

  31. S.R. Nutt, in Interfaces in Metal Matrix Composites, edited by A. K. Dhingra and S. G. Fishman (TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1986), p. 157.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Z. Hashin and S. Shtrikman, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 11, 127 (1963).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. R. M. Aikin, Jr., Martin Marietta Laboratories, Report MML TR 63c, p. 118, 103, 108 (1990).

  34. K. McCafferty, A. Soper, J. Shirokoff, and U. Erb, in Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials, edited by W.A.T. Clark, U. Dahmen, and C. L. Briant (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 238, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992), p. 47.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Illinois, 60208-3108, Evanston, USA

    R. Mitra, W. A. Chiou, M. E. Fine & J. R. Weertman

Authors
  1. R. Mitra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. W. A. Chiou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. E. Fine
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. J. R. Weertman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mitra, R., Chiou, W.A., Fine, M.E. et al. Interfaces in as-extruded XD Al/TiC and Al/TiB2 metal matrix composites. Journal of Materials Research 8, 2380–2392 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1993.2380

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1993.2380

Search

Navigation