Si. Kardashova et al., DIFFUSION COARSENING OF THE LAMELLAR STRUCTURE IN 2-PHASE TI-47.5 AT-PERCENT AL INTERMETALLIC ALLOY, Acta metallurgica et materialia, 42(10), 1994, pp. 3341-3348
Diffusion coarsening of the lamellar structure in two-phase gamma-alph
a2 intermetallic Ti-47.5 at.% Al alloy is treated as caused by hole-li
ke macro-defects growth. A model of unlimited diffusion-controlled gro
wth of such defects and an approach to the experimental data processin
g are considered. Based on this model, experimental investigations of
coarsening kinetics have been carried out in Ti-Al alloy in the temper
ature range 1073-1373 K. The low value of the activation enthalpy Q(m)
= 63.8 kJmol-1 has been found. The stability of the gamma-alpha2 lame
llar structure in the studied Ti-Al intermetallic alloy is compared wi
th the stability of the gamma-gamma' raft structure in Ni-base superal
loy single crystals.