Micro structural features and mechanical properties of Al–Al3Ti composite.pdf

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 473 (2009) 127–132 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/jallcom Micro structural features and mechanical properties of Al–Al Ti composite 3 fabricated by in-situ powder metallurgy route V. Abbasi Chianeh a,∗ , H.R. Madaah Hosseini b , M. Nofar c,1 a Materials Science and Engineering Department, Sahand University of Technology, P.O. Box: 51335-1996, Tabriz, Iran b Materials Science and Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, P.O. Box: 11365-9466, Tehran, Iran c Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 2W1 a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this paper, an in-situ powder metallurgy technique of fabricating near net shape particulate Al Ti–Al 3 Received 1 March 2008 composite is developed. Titanium tri-aluminide particles were generated in aluminum matrix by solid Received in revised form 20 May 2008 state reactive diffusion of homogenous blended pure Ti and Al powders. Effects of titanium particle size, Accepted 21 May 2008 temperature and time of sintering on microstructure and mechanical properties of the composite were Available online 7 July 2008