The phase and structure formation in TiC0.5N0.5-TiNi-Mo and TiC0.5N0.5-TiNi
-Ti-Mo alloys in the presence of liquid phase (T = 1380-1600 degrees C) is
investigated by X-ray phase, electron-microscope, and X-ray microspectral a
nalysis. As a result of the physicochemical processes developing in liquid-
phase sintering, a three-phase alloy consisting of nonstoichiometric titani
um carbonitride TiC0.5-xN0.5-x, a solid solution of titanium, nickel, and c
arbon in molybdenum Mo(Ti, Ni, C), and one of the intermetallides TiNi or N
i3Ti is formed. The content of metallic elements in individual phase compon
ents of the alloy is found by X-ray spectral microanalysis.