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Effects of TiB2 Content and T6 Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Hardness of In-situ TiB2/ZL111 Composites |
WANG Yingwu1,2, ZUO Xiaoqing1, RAN Songjiang1, KONG Dehao1
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1 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093 2 Yunnan Provincial Academy of Science and Technology, Kunming 650000 |
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Abstract TiB2/ZL111 composites were prepared by in-situ synthesis method, and their microstructure and hardness in both as-cast and T6 heat treatment states were systematically investigated. The results of microstructure observation show that the phase components of the as-cast TiB2/ZL111 composites are mainly composed of α-Al, eutectic Si and TiB2. The TiB2 particles are hexagonal or oval in shape, with an average crystalline grain size less than 1 μm, and distribute at the boundary of α-Al grains. The addition of TiB2 can effectively refine the α-Al grains in ZL111 alloy, and change the morphology of eutectic Si form elongated shape to equiaxed shape. T6 heat treatment can further promote the morphological transformation of eutectic Si from equiaxed shape into subglobose shape, and effectively improve the TiB2 agglomeration phenomenon. The results of hardness measurement show that the higher the TiB2 content, the higher the hardness of the TiB2/ZL111 composites in the as-cast state. The hardness of 10wt% TiB2/ZL111 composites (120.13Hv) rises by 24.32%, compared with the hardness of as-cast ZL111 alloy (96.63 Hv). The hardness of ZL111 alloy and TiB2/ZL111 composites can be further improved by taking T6 heat treatment. However, the increase rate of hardness decreases with the increasing of TiB2 content. This is attributed to the fact that TiB2 inhibit the precipitation of Al2Cu during aging process that can result in reducing the aging hardening effect of T6 heat treatment.
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Published: 28 April 2019
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Fund:This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51164019, 51741103, 51861020) and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Yunnan Province (2018ZE018, 2018BA072). |
About author:: Yingwu Wang, doctoral student, senior engineer, received his M.S. degree in June 2011 from Kunming University of Science and Technology. From September 2013 to the present, he learned at Kunming University of Science and Technology for his doctorate, focusing on the research of aluminum matrix composite and aluminum foam.; Xiaoqing Zuo, Kunming University of Science and Technology, professor, Ph.D., doctoral tutor, chief professor of foam metal materials innovation team of KMUST. His research interests are porous metal materials and metal matrix composite materials. He published 112 papers, including more than 40 articles in SCI and EI, authorized more than 30 national invention patents. |
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