摘要

The influence of Hf and B on the solidification structure of cast Ti-46Al alloys was investigated. The results show that the coupling effect of Hf and B changes the solidification structure morphology and strongly refines the grain size. When the Hf+B contents were increased from 0 + 0.0 to 3 + 0.2, 5 + 0.6 and 7 + 1.0 (in at. %), the solidification structure morphology changed from coarse columnar dendrite to fine columnar dendrite, then to equiaxed dendrite, and further to fine near granular grain whilst the average grain size decreased to 20 mu m. It is concluded that the columnar dendrite refinement is due to the effect of Hf and B on the decrease of Al diffusion coefficient in the melt. The fine near granular grain formation is attributed to the combined constitutional supercooling formed by Al and B segregation that is strengthened by Hf and B additions at the solid/liquid interface during solidification, and the TiB(2) precipitates acting as heterogeneous nuclei.

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