| Near gamma-based TiAl alloys were successfully processed using a method developed in this study. This technique coupled cold roll bonding of elemental foils of Ti and Al with diffusion reactions. The processing method was cyclic in nature in that the foils were repeatedly cold rolled, diffusion reacted, cold rolled, diffusion reacted, etc. This processing cycle was repeated numerous times and the microstructures formed after 1–100 cycles were characterized using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy, microhardness testing, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The effects of cold roll bonding, annealing temperature, annealing time, and number of cycles on the microstructure and microhardness of the γ-TiAl alloys produced have been investigated.; The near gamma-based TiAl alloy that was developed by the cold roll bonding/diffusion annealing process was then subjected to a subsequent thermal treatment that promotes the solid-state phase transformation of the lamellar structure (alternating platelets of α2 and γ). A comparison of the near gamma-based structure to the lamellar structure was also performed. Finally, the processing method developed in the present study was compared to other processing methods that are currently used for processing gamma-based TiAl alloys. |
