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Effects of solute trapping on solidification path in Ta-rich Ta-Al-Fe ternary alloys under rapid freezing

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posted on 2017-01-23, 17:18 authored by N. D'Souza, L. M. Feitosa, G. D. West, N. G. Jones, H. B. Dong
The solidification sequence of Ta-rich Ta-Al-Fe alloys was examined under rapid freezing processes, arc melting and splat cooling techniques. It is found that loss of interfacial equilibrium results in an extended solubility of Al (up to 15 at. %) and a lower Fe content in primarily Ta phase (A2) in arc melted samples. Trapping of Al in the primary phase leads to a deviation of the solidification path from equilibrium prediction. When Al content is less than 10 at. % Al and Fe content is less than 4 at. % in the primary phase, the peritectic reaction, L + A2 → σ, is suppressed and instead the eutectic reaction, L → A2 + μ takes place following primary freezing. It is also found that under splat cooling conditions extended solute solubility occurs in μ phase formed via a eutectic reaction.

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One of the authors (ND) would wish to acknowledge funding from the Accelerated Metallurgy Project, which is co-funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework Programme (Contract NMP4-LA-2011-263206) and by the individual partner organisations. LMF would wish to thank CNPq for funding PhD study.

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Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 698, pp. 433-441

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/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Engineering

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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Elsevier

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0925-8388

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1873-4669

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2016-12-12

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2017-12-13

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838816340671

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en

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