Effect of gallium addition on the microstructure and micromechanical properties of constituents in Nb[sbnd]Si based alloys

Enyu Guo; Sudhanshu S. Singh; Carl Mayer; Xianyu Meng; Yanjin Xu; Liangshun Luo; Mingyue Wang; Nikhilesh Chawla

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.054

Effect of gallium addition on the microstructure and micromechanical properties of constituents in Nb[sbnd]Si based alloys

Enyu Guo, Sudhanshu S. Singh, Carl Mayer, Xianyu Meng, Yanjin Xu, Liangshun Luo, Mingyue Wang, Nikhilesh Chawla

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The effect of gallium addition on the solidification microstructure and micromechanical properties of constituents was investigated in two sets of Nb[sbnd]16Si(1Ga) (in at.%) and Nb[sbnd]16Si[sbnd]22Ti[sbnd]2Cr[sbnd]2Al[sbnd]2Hf(5Ga) (all in at.%) alloys. The addition of gallium was found to promote the formation of Nb₅Si₃ and (Nb,Ti)₅Si₃ phases in Nb[sbnd]16Si[sbnd]1Ga and Nb[sbnd]16Si[sbnd]22Ti[sbnd]2Cr[sbnd]2Al-2Hf[sbnd]5Ga alloys, respectively. Evaluation of micromechanical properties of constituents were done by nanoindentation and micropillar compression testing. Nanoindentation showed that gallium addition reduces hardness and Young's modulus for both Nb_ss and silicide phases (Nb₃Si and (Nb,Ti)₅Si₃); while it enhances fracture toughness of silicide phases. However, micropillar compressions showed that the addition of gallium decreases the compressive strength of the Nb_ss phase while increasing the strength of the silicides.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	89-100
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	704
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.02.054
State	Published - May 15 2017

Keywords

Fracture toughness
Intermetallic
Mechanical property
Micropillar compression
Nb[sbnd]Si alloy

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Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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