The nucleation of aluminum grains in alloys of aluminum with titanium and boron
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The microstructure of a ternary alloy, Al-5 wt pct Ti, 1 wt pct B, has been examined by optical and electron transmission microscopy, by selected area diffraction, and electron probe microscopy, by selected area diffraction, and electron probe microanalysis. Particles of Al3Ti are found at the center of grains and there exist preferred epitaxial orientations between this compound and the surrounding aluminum. Particles containing titanium and boron occur at aluminum grain boundaries and have no preferred configurations with respect to the aluminum or to one another. It is concluded that the active heterogeneous nuclei are therefore Al3Ti and that particles of TiB2, AlB2, or a ternary compound are not active in this alloy. Grain size measurements in binary Al-Ti alloys suggest that particles of a nucleating phase must be present at concentrations as low as 0.01 wt pct Ti, and it is suggested that these could be Al3Ti if the existing binary phase diagram Al-Ti is in error.
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