J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1998, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 77-79.

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In-situ Synthesis and Formation Mechanism of TiN-Al_2O_3/Al Composite

Chunxiang CUP and Renjie WU (State Key Lab. for MMCs, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, China)Jianran YAN and Guobin LI (Hebei Polytechnic University Tianjin 300132, China)   

  • Received:1998-01-28 Revised:1998-01-28 Online:1998-01-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The synthesis of TiN and Al2O3 by in situ injection of reactive nitrogen gas into molten Al alloys has been evaluated over the temperature range from 1000 to 1600℃. It is shown that TiN and Al2O3 can be formed in melt with nitrogen and surplus oxygen (in vacuum room of the induction furnace) as the reactive gases over 1000℃. Up to 2.1 wt pct Al2O3 and 5.2 wt pct of TiN in situ phases in an Al alloy has been formed in a range of size from 0.8 to 5 μm. The formation mechanism of TiN and Al2O3 is discussed in this paper.