E. Bonetti et al., LATTICE DESTABILIZATION AND AMORPHIZATION BY MECHANICAL ALLOYING IN THE TI-AL SYSTEM, Journal of alloys and compounds, 194(2), 1993, pp. 331-338
Analytical electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniques have b
een used to study the amorphization process of the Ti-Al system induce
d by mechanical alloying. The results show that the entire transformat
ion develops from the diffusion of Al into the Ti crystal lattice, beg
inning as soon as a well-developed layered structure is formed in the
powders in the early milling stages (after 6 h). Collapse of the highl
y distorted host lattice occurs after milling for 20 h and gives rise
to a homogeneous amorphous structure at 24 h. Further milling time (34
h) produces an f.c.c. nanocrystalline phase with a Ti-Al at. ratio of
approximately 3 and with the lattice parameter a=0.42 nm.