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Item Open Access Formation of TiC-Cu nanocomposites by a reaction between Ti25Cu75 melt-spun alloy and carbon(Elsevier, 2018-10-02) Dudina, Dina V.; Korchagin, Michail A.; Gavrilov, Alexander I.; Bulina, Natalia V.; Batraev, Igor S.; Esikov, Maksim A.; Georgarakis, Konstantinos; Kato, HidemiIn this work, Ti25Cu75 melt-spun partially amorphous alloy was used as a source of Ti and Cu to synthesize in-situ TiC-Cu nanocomposites. The reaction between the alloy and carbon started during ball milling and continued during Spark Plasma Sintering. At the same time, during ball milling, the alloy experienced phase transformations: crystallization of the amorphous phase was followed by decomposition of TiCu3. Copper crystallites formed during the alloy transformations were the reason for the presence of copper regions 0.5–1 µm in size free from TiC nanoparticles in the sintered composites. The Ti-Cu intermetallics transformed into non-agglomerated TiC 10–20 nm in size distributed in the copper matrix. The hardness of the synthesized TiC-Cu nanocomposites exceeded that of composites obtained by conventional sintering of ball-milled Ti-C-Cu powders.Item Open Access Microstructure and mechanical properties of composites obtained by spark plasma sintering of Al–Fe66Cr10Nb5B19 metallic glass powder mixtures(MDPI, 2021-09-15) Dudina, Dina V.; Bokhonov, Boris B.; Batraev, Igor S.; Kvashnin, Vyacheslav I.; Legan, Mikhail A.; Novoselov, Aleksey N.; Anisimov, Alexander G.; Esikov, Maksim A.; Ukhina, Arina V.; Matvienko, Alexander A.; Georgarakis, Konstantinos; Koga, Guilherme Yuuki; Jorge, Alberto MoreiraAt present, metallic glasses are evaluated as alternative reinforcements for aluminum matrix composites. These composites are produced by powder metallurgy via consolidation of metallic glass-aluminum powder mixtures. In most studies, the goal has been to preserve the glassy state of the reinforcement during consolidation. However, it is also of interest to track the structure evolution of these composites when partial interaction between the matrix and the metallic glass is allowed during sintering of the mixtures. The present work was aimed to study the microstructure and mechanical properties of composites obtained by spark plasma sintering (SPS) of Al-20 vol.% Fe66Cr10Nb5B19 metallic glass mixtures and compare the materials, in which no significant interaction between the matrix and the Fe-based alloy occurred, with those featuring reaction product layers of different thicknesses. Composite materials were consolidated by SPS at 540 and 570 °C. The microstructure and mechanical properties of composites obtained by SPS and SPS followed by forging, composites with layers of interfacial reaction products of different thicknesses, and metallic glass-free sintered aluminum were comparatively analyzed to conclude on the influence of the microstructural features of the composites on their strength.