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Journal Article | PUBDB-2017-14130 |
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2017
Elsevier Science
Amsterdam [u.a.]
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2017.07.018
Abstract: This work elucidates the morphology evolution of perovskite Ti$_3$AlC carbides in a Ti-45Al-5Nb-0.75C alloy during ageing at 800 °C. The carbides in the $\gamma$ matrix are initially needle-shaped with their long axis parallel to the [001] lattice direction of the γ matrix. After extended annealing, they decompose into small carbide sub-particles. By combining different transmission electron microscopy characterization methods and atom probe tomography it has been verified that the carbides first split into several parallel needles that are aligned along the [001]$\gamma$ lattice direction. Later these parallel needles further decompose into numerous small sub-particles, while the matrix phase region between the sub-particles crystallographically reorients. To the authors' knowledge this is the first work which demonstrates such a precipitate splitting process in a matrix with a tetragonal crystal structure. It is proposed that the decomposition into small sub-particles is energetically favourable owing to the elastic interaction energy between the split sub-particles.
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