Grain refinement by low boron additions in niobium-rich TiAl-based alloys

Intermetallics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 969-978

  Hecht, U ^a   Witusiewicz, V ^a   Drevermann, A ^a   Zollinger, J ^a  

^a ACCESS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Titanium aluminides, based on TiAl; B. Phase transformations; C. Casting; D. Microstructure; F. Diffraction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ALLOYS; BORIDES; BORON; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN REFINEMENT; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LITHOGRAPHY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM; NONMETALS; POWDERS; QUENCHING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

BORON ADDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKED (HCP); ORIENTATION MAPPING; PERITECTIC; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SOLID STATE TRANSFORMATIONS; TIAL-BASED ALLOYS; UNIDIRECTIONAL (UD);

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 48349123568     PISSN: 09669795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intermet.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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