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COST 507 - Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto

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Material and Methods<br />

2.1 Fabrication of the alloys<br />

The components of the alloys are weigh in with a precision of 0,01 g (corresponding to<br />

=0,1 wt.-%). The elements are molten in an arc-beam furnace by using a thoriated<br />

tungsten cathode and a water cooled copper crucible (anode). All alloys were molten<br />

four times in an argon atmosphere to guarantee a homogeneous distribution of the<br />

elements. As for the various investigations afterwards only, small parts of the<br />

fabricated alloys are necessary the samples are crushed mechanically.<br />

Fig 1 gives an overview about the composition of the investigated alloys.<br />

weigjrt-<br />

Investigated alloys in the system Ti-Al-Ni-Cu<br />

% ha<br />

Fig. 1: Composition of the investigated alloys<br />

2.2 Base material<br />

The base material used for wetting- and joining tests is Ti48A12Cr2Nb [at-%]. This<br />

material was produced by Plansee AG, Reutte, (Au), which has developed a special<br />

rolling process to produce sheets. The microstructure of this γ-TiAl material has the<br />

formation of a so-called „near gamma" microstructure. This microstructure consists of<br />

equiaxial γ-TiAl grains and small amounts of a 2 -Ti 3 Al at triple points and grain<br />

boun<strong>da</strong>ries. The following table shows the characteristic temperatures.<br />

Til5AlNb<br />

Ti48A12Cr2Nb<br />

Tuq.<br />

1050°C<br />

1500°C<br />

TBraze<br />

900°C<br />

1250°C<br />

Fig. 2: Melting and brazing temperatures of the used base materials<br />

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