TREATISE ON MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: PROPERTIES OF SOLID POLYMERIC MATERIALS
CONTENTS STRUCTURAL INTERMETALLICS AND INTERMETALLIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES: AN INTRODUCTION 1 1 GENERAL BACKGROUND 1 2 NOMENCLATURE OF CRYSTAL STRUCTURES 1 3 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1 4 KEY APPLICATIONS: CURRENT AND FUTURISTIC 1 5 KEY HURDLES 1 6 CHAPTER PLAN REFERENCES PART ONE TYPES AND PROPERTIES OF INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES BASED ON IRON ALUMINIDES 2 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 TYPES OF IRON ALUMINIDES 2 3 ENVIRONMENTAL EMBRITTLEMENT IN IRON ALUMINIDES 2 4 TYPES OF REININFORCEMENTS 2 5 FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES 2 6 COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH PARTICULATES/PRECIPITATES 2 7 CARBIDE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES NICKEL ALUMINIDES 3 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES 3 3 MECHANICAL AND OPERATIONAL PROPERTIES 3 6 FURTHER SOURCES FOR INFORMATION 3 7 FUTURE TRENDS FURTHER READING TITANIUM ALUMINIDES 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 IMPORTANT TI ALUMINIDES 4 3 IMPORTANCE OF TI ALUMINIDES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS 4 4 PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION 4 5 BRITTLE TO DUCTILE TRANSITION 4 6 EFFECT OF ALLOYING ADDITIONS 4 7 DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR 4 8 MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 4 9 PROCESSING OF TI ALUMINIDES 4 10 TI ALUMINIDE COMPOSITES AND REINFORCEMENT 4 11 OXIDATION BEHAVIOR AND HYDROGEN INTERACTION 4 12 SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE-BASED COMPOSITES 5 1 INTRODUCTION 5 2 CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA 5 3 PROCESSING 5 4 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AT ROOM TEMPERATURE 5 5 HIGH TEMPERATURE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR 5 6 ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 5 7 SUMMARY POWDER METALLURGY OF AL-BASED MATRIX COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH QUASICRYSTALLINE PARTICLES: PROCESSING AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 6 1 INTRODUCTION 6 2 AMCS REINFORCED WITH QUASICRYSTALS 6 3 CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (SOLID-STATE COOLING), AND TESTING METHODS LIQUID METALLURGY PROCESSING OF INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 7 1 INTRODUCTION 7 2 AMCS REINFORCED WITH AL3TI PARTICLES 7 3 AMCS REINFORCED WITH AL3ZR PARTICLES 7 4 AMCS REINFORCED WITH AL3NI PARTICLES 7 5 AMCS REINFORCED WITH AL3FE PARTICLES 7 6 SUMMARY AND FUTURE TRENDS SELF-PROPAGATING HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS (SHS) OF INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 8 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF SHS TECHNIQUE 8 2 DENSIFICATION OF COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS PRODUCTS 8 3 MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION DURING SYNTHESIS 8 4 SOME INTERMETALLIC COMPOSITE SYSTEMS 8 5 SUMMARY A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TECHNIQUES USED FOR JOINING INTERMETALLIC MMCS 9 1 INTRODUCTION 9 2 PROCESSES USED FOR JOINING INTERMETALLIC/MMCS 9 3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE 9 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 9 5 MICROHARDNESS MEASUREMENTS 9 6 SHEAR STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS 9 7 APPLICATION OF INTERMETALLIC/MMCS 9 8 CONCLUSION HOT PRESSING AND SPARK PLASMA SINTERING TECHNIQUES OF INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 10 1 INTRODUCTION 10 2 POCESSING PARAMETERS 10 3 SINTERING PROCESSES 10 4 HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL BORIDES 10 7 FUTURE TRENDS: FUNCTIONALLY GRADED CERAMIC ARMORS 10 8 CLOSURE REACTIVE AND LIQUID-PHASE SINTERING TECHNIQUES 11 1 INTRODUCTION 11 2 VARIANT OF REACTIVE AND LPS 11 3 PROCESS PARAMETERS OF REACTIVE AND LPS 11 4 MECHANISMS OF REACTIVE AND LPS 11 5 SINTERING OF METALS, CERAMICS, AND INTERMETALLICS 11 6 PROPERTIES OF REACTION SYNTHESIZED (RS) PRODUCTS (A TYPICAL EXAMPLE) 11 7 SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK PART THREE DESIGN OF COMPOSITES FOR ENHANCED STRENGTH, TOUGHNESS, AND RESISTANCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OXIDATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 12 1 INTRODUCTION 12 2 MECHANISM OF OXIDATION AND OXIDATION PROTECTION 12 3 CONDITIONS OF EXPOSURE AFFECTING OXIDATION BEHAVIOR 12 4 PEST DISINTEGRATION AT LOW OR INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES 12 5 HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION WITH FORMATION OF PROTECTIVE SCALE 12 6 COATINGS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATION 12 7 SUMMARY INTERMETALLIC COMPOSITES TOUGHENED WITH DUCTILE REINFORCEMENTS 13 1 INTRODUCTION 13 2 DUCTILE-PHASE TOUGHENING 13 3 EX-SITU AND IN-SITU COMPOSITES 13 4 PROPERTIES 13 5 APPLICATIONS 13 6 FUTURE TRENDS 13 7 FURTHER SOURCES FOR INFORMATION 14 1 INTRODUCTION 14 2 MODELING AND DESIGN 14 3 MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 14 4 PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS 14 5 CONCLUSION ROLE OF INTERMETALLICS IN CORROSION OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS SMART CORROSION PROTECTION 15 1 INTRODUCTION 15 2 CORROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS 15 3 CORROSION PROTECTION OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS 15 4 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND OUTLOOK