Upgrading and developing metallic materials are bases for improving the performance of
aircraft. As one of the new structural metallic materials used in aerospace, lightweight and …

Smoke is unexpected powder-splashing caused by electrostatic force and is one of the main
problems hindering the process stability and applicability of the powder bed fusion electron …

Powder bed fusion electron beam (PBF-EB) melting process with low preheating
temperatures is one of the promising ways to fabricate TiAl components with fully lamellar …

Boron is the most commonly used grain refining element in γ-TiAl alloys and the morphology
of the borides has a significant influence on the room temperature plasticity of γ-TiAl alloys …

Due to low density and good high temperature performance, titanium aluminide has been
continuously attractive for aerospace and automotive industries. In recent years, additive …

Heat treatment is an effective post-processing method to modify the microstructure and
mechanical properties of TiAl alloys. Thus, we report the influences of a heat treatment at …

TiAl alloy becomes a promising high-temperature structural material due to excellent
mechanical properties at elevated temperature. However, the inherent brittleness makes it …

Combining the electromagnetic levitation (EML) method with materials processing
techniques (pressure die-casting and copper mold solidification), bulk Ti 44 Al 48 Nb 8 alloy …

Cyclic heat treatment has been applied to improve the microstructure and properties of the
as-cast Ti–46Al–1Cr–2V alloy. The grain size was refined from millimeter scale to about 40 …

The implementation of the well-known methods for grain refinement of cast TiAl alloys, such
as boron refiner, leads to compositional pollution and deterioration of specific types of …