Experimental Investigation of Solidification and Isothermal Section at 1000 °C in the Fe-Al-Ti-C System
摘要
Phase equilibria in the Fe-rich corner of the quaternary Fe-Al-Ti-C system upon solidification and at 1000 °C were studied using differential thermal analysis (DTA), powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), microscopic examination and electron probe microanalysis (EPMA). The partial liquidus and solidus projections and the isothermal section at 1000 °C were constructed. The results are presented on the Fe-25Al-Ti-C composition triangle, where the corner Fe-25Al corresponds to the disordered (αFe) solid solution or its ordered derivatives FeAl or Fe3Al, depending on the temperature. The boundaries of the primary crystallization regions of the phases, types and coordinates of mono- and bivariant equilibria are determined. The liquidus surface in the studied region is characterized by the regions of primary crystallization of the (αFe), Fe2Ti, Fe3AlC (κ-carbide), TiC and graphite (C) phases. The solidus surface and isothermal section at 1000 °C are defined by the co-existence of the TiC phase with all phases of the system forming two three-phase regions, which form by transition (U) type four-phase reactions.