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Solidification of Ni-Re Peritectic Alloys
W J Boettinger1, D E Newbury2, N W M Ritchie2
1Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Abstract:
Differential thermal analysis (DTA) and microstructural and microprobe measurements of DTA and as-cast Ni-Re alloys with compositions between 0.20 and 0.44 mass fraction Re provide information to resolve differences in previously published Ni-Re phase diagrams. This investigation determines that the peritectic invariant between liquid, Re-rich hexagonal close packed and Ni-rich face center cubic phases, L + HCP → FCC, occurs at 1561.1 °C ± 3.4 °C (1σ) with compositions of liquid, FCC and HCP phases of 0.283 ± 0.036, 0.436 ± 0.026, and 0.828 ± 0.037 mass fraction Re, respectively. Analysis of the microsegregation in FCC alloys yields a partition coefficient for solidification, k = 1.54 ± 0.09 (mass frac./mass frac.). A small deviation from Scheil behavior due to dendrite tip kinetics is documented in as-cast samples. No evidence of an intermetallic phase is observed.
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