INVESTIGATION ON MECHANICALLY ALLOYED SUPERSATURATED NANOCRYSTALLINE Al-Ti ALLOYS

The Al_(100-x)Ti_(x)(x = 5,10,15,35) mixed powders were mechanically alloyed in a planetary bull mill. It was found that the initial composition strongly affects the final productsi a mixture of supersaturated solid solution Al(Ti) and a fee phase for x = 5 and 10; and a single supersaturated solid solution Al(Ti)for x=15 and 35. With inereasing Ti contents from 5at% to 35at%, the grain size of solid solution Al(Ti) decreased from 40nm to 10nm. The results suggest that fast diffusion along nanocrystalline grain boundary is the main alloying process. DSC curves and TEM observation indicate that the solute atom segregation can thermally stabilize the nanocrvstalline solid solutions.