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Fabrication, microstructure and high-temperature strengthening mechanism of multi-scale Ti2AlC/TiAl composite

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  • a College of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China;

    b State Key Laboratory of Advanced Casting Technologies, Shenyang 110022, China;

    c Provincial and Ministerial Co-construction of Collaborative Innovation Center for Non-ferrous Metal New Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Luoyang 471023, China

Online published: 2026-05-13

Abstract

The multi-scale Ti2AlC/TiAl composites were fabricated. Micro-Ti2AlC particles are obtained in-situ at the grain boundaries of the full lamellar TiAl matrix by vacuum arc melting. The targeted precipitation of submicro-Ti2AlC at the lamellae TiAl/Ti3Al phase boundary and directional precipitation of nano-Ti2AlC within TiAl crystals are achieved by heat treatment. And the best high-temperature tensile properties are obtained when the graphite powder is added at 2 at.%, resulting in a tensile strength of 561 MPa and an elongation of 3.6%. These findings underscore the multifaceted role played by the multi-scale Ti2AlC: micro-Ti2AlC effectively inhibits grain boundary softening and hinders dislocation motion, while submicro-Ti2AlC prevents twin propagation and obstructs dislocation motion. Nano-Ti2AlC, on the other hand, not only hinders dislocation movement but also fine-tunes the lamellar microstructure.

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Zhe DENG, Pei LIU, Zhi-yong ZHANG, Ai-qin WANG, Jing-pei XIE, Zhen-bo WANG . Fabrication, microstructure and high-temperature strengthening mechanism of multi-scale Ti2AlC/TiAl composite[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2026 , 36(4) : 1140 -1151 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(25)67021-X

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