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Abstract
The fine crystalline behavior of SiC/Ti6Al4V is revealed in this study. Titanium matrix composites (TMCs) with different types, amounts, and morphologies of second phases were prepared in situ by adding different contents of SiC. The grain refinement mechanism of multi-phase synergistic was analyzed, and the synergistic contribution of the in-situ second phases (TiC, Ti5Si3, and Ti3Si) as well as the fine grain organization to the strengthening of the materials was quantitatively evaluated. The results show that the quasi-continuous network structure formed by the in situ TiC and Ti5Si3 phases inhibits grain growth and completes the equiaxed transformation of β-grains. Meanwhile, the TiC phase provides a large number of nucleation sites for the α-Ti phase, which promotes the nucleation of the matrix phase. Finally, the aspect ratio of the α phase was reduced from 5.8 to 3.1, while the β grain size was refined from 20.0 to 1.7 µm. The matrix hardness (6.3 GPa) and compressive yield strength (1692 MPa) of TMC were increased by 37% and 67.4% respectively compared with Ti6Al4V. Fine grain strengthening accounted for 71.2% of the total strengthening increase. The load-bearing strengthening caused by TiC, Ti5Si3 and Ti3Si accounted for 6.0%, 11.6% and 3.0% of the total strengthening increase, respectively.
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The Journal of Alloys and Compounds is intended to serve as an international medium for the publication of work on solid materials comprising compounds as well as alloys. Its great strength lies in the diversity of discipline which it encompasses, drawing together results from materials science, solid-state chemistry and physics.