Cooperative effects of Mo and B additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of multi-elemental Nb-Si-Ti based alloys

Zhaobo Li, Liangshun Luo*, Binbin Wang, Baoxian Su, Lei Luo, Liang Wang, Yanqing Su, Jingjie Guo, Hengzhi Fu

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Abstract

The multi-elemental Nb-Si-Ti based alloys with Mo and B additions are prepared by vacuum non-consumable arc melting. The cooperative effects of Mo and B additions on the microstructure, room-temperature fracture and high-temperature compressive strength are investigated. The additions of Mo and B basically cannot affect the constituent phases of the Nb-Si-Ti based alloys. The fracture toughness of Nb-Si-Ti based alloys is deteriorated by alloying with Mo or B individually. However, the cooperative additions of Mo and B inversely increases the fracture toughness, owing to the existence of chaotic eutectics. Moreover, the individual or cooperative additions of Mo and B distinctly increase the high-temperature compressive strength at 1200 °C due to the solution strengthening effects of Mo and B. Among all alloys, the 1Mo–2B alloy not only exhibits the highest room-temperature fracture toughness (15.99 MPa•m1/2) because of the numerous chaotic eutectics and low proportion of primary α-Nb5Si3, but also maintains the high-temperature compressive strength of 286 MPa. Furthermore, many orientation relationships between Nbss and Nb5Si3 are observed in 1Mo–2B and 3Mo–4B alloys.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113421
JournalMaterials Characterization
Volume206
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fracture toughness
  • High-temperature compression strength
  • Microstructure
  • Orientation relationship

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