Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2004

Publication Title

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science

Abstract

Directionally solidified (DS) intermetallic and ceramicbased eutectic alloys with an in-situ composite microstructure microstructure containing finely distributed, long aspect ratio, fiber, or plate reinforcements are being seriously examined for several advanced aero-propulsion applications. In designing these alloys, additional solutes need to be added to the base eutectic composition in order to improve their high temperature strength, and provide for adequate toughness and resistance to environmental degradation. Solute addition, however, promotes instability at the planar liquid-solid interface resulting in the formation of two-phase eutectic “colonies.”[1–4] Because morphology of eutectic colonies is very similar to the single-phase cells and dendrites, the stability analysis of Mullins and Sekerka[5] has been extended to describe their formation.[6,7,8] Onset of their formation shows a good agreement with this approach;[9] however, unlike the single-phase cells and dendrites, there is limited examination of their growth speed dependence of spacing, morphology, and spatial distribution.[4,10–11] The purpose of this study is to compare the growth speed dependence of the morphology, spacing, and spatial distribution of eutectic cells and dendrites with that for the single-phase cells and dendrites.

Original Citation

Tewari, S.N., Raj, S.V. & Locci, I.E. (2004). A Comparison Between Growth Morphology of "Eutectic" Cells/Dendrites and Single-Phase Cells/Dendrites. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science 35A, 1632-1635.

Volume

35A

Issue

5

DOI

10.1007/s11661-004-0269-3

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