Ion implantation of titanium aluminide alloys for structural integrity improvement at elevated temperatures

1991 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 552 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Raban ◽  
L. L. ◽  
T. M.

ABSTRACTPlates of three gamma titanium aluminide alloys have been investment cast with a wide variety of casting conditions designed to influence cooling rates. These alloys include Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb, Ti- 47Al-2Cr-2Nb+0.5at%B and Ti-45Al-2Cr-2Nb+0.9at%B. Cooling rates have been estimated with the use of thermal data from casting experiments, along with the UES ProCAST simulation package. Variations in cooling rate significantly influenced the microstructure and tensile properties of all three alloys.


Microbiology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 149 (12) ◽  
pp. 3347-3351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Eichler

Archaea are best known in their capacities as extremophiles, i.e. micro-organisms able to thrive in some of the most drastic environments on Earth. The protein-based surface layer that envelopes many archaeal strains must thus correctly assemble and maintain its structural integrity in the face of the physical challenges associated with, for instance, life in high salinity, at elevated temperatures or in acidic surroundings. Study of archaeal surface-layer (glyco)proteins has thus offered insight into the strategies employed by these proteins to survive direct contact with extreme environments, yet has also served to elucidate other aspects of archaeal protein biosynthesis, including glycosylation, lipid modification and protein export. In this mini-review, recent advances in the study of archaeal surface-layer (glyco)proteins are discussed.


1988 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Christodoulou ◽  
P. A. Parrish ◽  
C. R. Crowe

AbstractThe advantages of reinforcing metals with ceramic particles to produce metal matrix composites are well known. The behavior of discontinuously reinforced intermetallic compounds, however, has not been extensively studied. Martin Marietta Laboratories has produced a new generation of discontinuously reinforced titanium aluminide composites using a proprietary casting process known as XD™ technology. These new materials possess enhanced properties at room and elevated temperatures and may be cast, extruded, or forged. The effects of matrix composition, reinforcing phase, and thermal mechanical processing on properties have been studied using optical and various electron microscopy and mechanical and physical property measurement techniques to characterize the alloys. To date, most work has been done on a two-phased lamellar Ti-45 a/o Al alloy reinforced with TiB2 ceramic having an equiaxed morphology. Data on temperature dependence of the dynamic Young's modulus, coefficient of thermal expansion, deformation and fracture behavior, and microstructure are presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Harish Panjagala ◽  
E L N Rohit Madhukar ◽  
I Ravi Kiran

Due to increasing demand of High Speed Re-entry vehicles for Space activities within the world, a serious issue associated with the method of deceleration down a vehicle is by the intense heat generated because of development of stronger shocks at the nose. The price of thermal protection systems (TPS) to cut back the warmth generated by the return vehicles is extremely high. In this paper, the ultimate outcome is to cut back the aero heating which is achieved by introducing a spike at frontal region of the nose. Additionally, this spike avoids the deterioration and preserves the structural integrity of space vehicle over elevated temperatures. Further, four totally different geometries of tip specifically Blunt, Slender, Snap and Pan for the aerospike has been introduced and their impact on performance is evaluated and compared with the vehicle having TPS. Hence, usage of aerospike in return vehicles is the most successful and economical over different protection system.


2014 ◽  
Vol 698 ◽  
pp. 277-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria V. Lazurenko ◽  
Vyacheslav I. Mali ◽  
Alexander Thoemmes

Laminate composites with an intermetallic component are some of the most prospective constructional and functional materials. The basic formation method of such materials consists in heating a stack composed of metallic plates reacting at elevated temperatures to form intermetallic phases. The temperature of the process is usually approximately equal to a melting point of a more easily fusible component. In this study, an alternative technology of producing a titanium – titanium aluminide composite with a laminate structure is suggested. It consists in combining metallic (titanium and aluminum) powder mixtures pre-sintered at 400 оС with titanium plates, alternate stacking of these components and subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS) of the fabricated workpieces. Applying this technology allowed for the fabrication of metal-intermetallic laminate (MIL) materials with an inhomogeneous structure of intermetallic interlayers. The phases revealed in the composite by X-Ray diffraction (XRD) were α-Ti, Al, Al3Ti and Al2Ti. Moreover, the results of the energy-dispersive analysis gave the evidence of the formation of Ti-enriched phases in powder layers after SPS. A small number of voids were observed between the structural components of the intermetallic layers. Voids were also detected at “metal-intermetallic” interfaces; however, the quality of connection between different layers in the composite was very high. The microhardness of an intermetallic layer formed in the composite was comparable to the microhardness of the Al3Ti compound. The microhardness of titanium was equal to 1600 MPa.


2018 ◽  
pp. 187-200
Author(s):  
R. Hutchings ◽  
M. J. Kenny ◽  
D. R. Miller ◽  
W. Y. Yeung

1987 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kong ◽  
H. J. Kim ◽  
J. A. Edmond ◽  
J. W. Palmour ◽  
J. Ryu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMonocrystalline β-SiC films have been chemically vapor deposited on Si(100) and c-SiC(0001) at 1660K-1823K and 0.1 MPa using SiH4 and C2H4 carried in H2. Films grown directly on Si(100) contained substantial concentrations of dislocations, stacking faults and antiphase boundaries (APB); those on α-SiC(0001) contained double positioning boundaries. Both the APBs and the double positioning boundaries were eliminated by using off-axis orientations of the respective substrates. Films produced on Si(100) have also been doped during growth and via ion implantation with B or Al (p-type) or P or N (n-type) at LN, room and elevated temperatures. Results from the former procedure showed the ionized dopant/total dopant concentration ratios for N, P, B and Al to be 0.1, 0.2, 0.002 and 0.01, respectively. The solubility limits of N, P and B at 1660K were determined to be ∼ 2E20, 1E18 and 8E18 cm−3, respectively; that of Al exceeds 2E19 cm−3. High temperature ion implantation coupled with dynamic and post annealing resulted in a markedly reduced defect concentration relative to that observed in similar research at the lower temperatures. Schottky diodes, p-n junctions, and MOSFET devices have been fabricated. The p-n junctions have the characteristics of insulators containing free carriers and deep level traps. The MOSFETs show very good I-V characteristics up to 673K, but have not been optimized.


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