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This paper presents the results of a project funded by the Edison Materials Technology Center to develop low-cost titanium aluminide automotive valves. In the course of the project, more than 800 valves were produced using several variations of the permanent-mold casting process. Applying pressure during solidification improved the casting fill; however, none of the permanent mold casting methods produced pore-free as-cast valves. The as-cast microstructures of the valves were much finer than investmentcast microstructures of similar section sizes. The room-temperature tensile properties of the permanent mold castings were superior to those of investment castings of a comparable section size.
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M.M. Keller earned her M.Sc. in materials engineering at the University of Dayton in 1993. She is currently a Ph.D. student in materials engineering. She is also a member of TMS.
P.E. Jones earned her M.Sc. in materials at the University of Dayton in 1993. She is currently a Ph.D. student in materials engineering. She is also a member of TMS.
W.J. Porter III earned his M.Sc. in materials engineering at the University of Dayton in 1990. He is currently project engineer at the University of Dayton Research Institute. He is also a member of TMS.
D. Eylon earned his D. Sc. in materials engineering at Technion, Haifa, Israel, in 1972. He is currently a professor of graduate materials engineering at the University of Dayton. He is also a member of TMS.
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Keller, M.M., Jones, P.E., Porter, W.J. et al. The development of low-cost TiAl automotive valves. JOM 49, 42–44 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914683
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