Influence of deformation parameters on the structure in selected intermetallic from Al-Fe diagram

摘要

Department of Materials Science at Silesian University of Technology since 10 years conducts researches to learn about the structural phenomena which occur during hot plastic treatment which are aimed at elaboration of a technology of heat and plastic treatment of selected alloys from Al-Fe diagram. The iron aluminides have been among the most widely studied intermetallics because their low cost, low density, good wear oxidation and corrosion resistance, to create wide prospects for their industrial applications, for components of machines working at a high temperature and in corrosive environment. The problem limiting their application is low plasticity and brittle cracking susceptibility. Consequently, the research of intermetallic-phase-based alloys focuses on their plasticity. For the development of thermo-plastic treatment technology, it is necessary to determine internal variables describing the structure of an alloys being deformed is the inhomogeneity, grain size, as well as the grains misorientation angles and texture. The paper presents the course of structural changes of FeAl38 with Zr, B Mo and C additions under the influence of hot plastic deformation with application of a few different temperatures of the process with given strain rate. For the structure and substructure investigations were used a light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy.