The 1400 degrees C isothermal section of Ti-Al-Nb system was determine
d using the diffusion couple technique, along with optical microscopy
and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). Equilibrated alloys were empl
oyed to identify the phase regions using XRD. The isothermal section c
onsists of seven single-phase regions including beta(beta Ti,Nb), alph
a(alpha Ti), gamma(TiAl), eta((Ti,Nb)Al-3), sigma(Nb2Al), delta(Nb3Al)
, and gamma(1). The detailed studies on the gamma(1) phase were made b
y XRD, DTA, and DSC.