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An electron microscopy study of the precipitation of rhenium in the B2 nickel aluminide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

D.C. Van Aken ,
D.P. Mason ,
S.G. Malhotra  and
J.G. Webber
D.C. Van Aken
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136
D.P. Mason
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136
S.G. Malhotra
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136
J.G. Webber
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136
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Abstract

Precipitation of rhenium in β–NiAl was studied by analytical and high resolution electron microscopy. Extended solid solutions were created by solidification processing, and the precipitation and hardening behavior were studied. Evidence suggests that rhenium is initially precipitated as disks parallel to {100} of β-NiAl. Subsequent growth produces either a rod morphology or a pair of twin-related rods that form the shape of a butterfly. The twin plane of the butterfly is {1011} and this plane is nearly parallel to {110} of β–NiAl. A twinning transformation given by K1 = {1011}, K2 = {1013}, η1 = 〈1012 〉, and η2 = 〈3032〉 was determined for the butterfly-shaped particles. All of the precipitates exhibited an orientation relationship consisting of parallel close-packed planes and directions, i.e., (101//(0001) and [111]//[1210]. Performing the twinning transformation on a rhenium precipitate produces a variant rather than a new orientation relationship. After elevated temperature aging, a rod morphology was observed with the rod axes aligned parallel with either 〈121〉 or 〈131〉 of the β–NiAl matrix. A total of 24 different variants are possible based upon the observed orientation relationship and the two observed growth directions.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 8 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 2524 - 2533
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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