Vol 117, No 7 (2016)

The quenched alloys of the Ti–Pd system containing 2–15 at % Pd have been studied using X-ray diffraction analysis, optical metallography, transmission electron microscopy, and measurements of the microhardness. It has been found that, in the course of quenching, epy alloys containing 2, 3, and 5 at % Pd undergo a eutectoid decomposition into the α phase and Ti₂Pd intermetallic compound, and the Ti–7 at % Pd and Ti–9 at % Pd alloys undergo a β → α' martensitic transformation. In the alloys with Pd contents of more than 9 at %, the β phase is fixed in the metastable state. The complete stabilization of the β phase takes place in the alloys containing 11 at % Pd and more. It has been found that the formation of the orthorhombic α" phase and metastable ω phase in the quenched alloys of this system does not occur.

The decomposition of supersaturated solid solution in the Cu–0.06 wt% Zr alloy has been investigated. Upon aging of the initially quenched alloy the homogeneous precipitation of particles is dominating. The decomposition begins from the precipitation of a metastable copper–zirconium phase, the particles of which have the shape of nanodimensional disks. An increase in the aging temperature results in the formation of coarser rodlike particles of the Cu₅Zr equilibrium phase. Aging of the deformed alloy is characterized by the predominance of the heterogeneous precipitation of particles at subboundaries and dislocations, and the decomposition begins at a lower temperature. The particle size is less by an order of magnitude than that in the quenched state. The precipitation of nanodimensional particles at dislocations retards the formation of recrystallization centers.

The effect of austenitizing temperature on structural and phase changes in carbides of the tungsten–molybdenum high-speed steel has been studied. The results of metallographic analysis and energy dispersive microanalysis have been discussed. It has been shown that an increase in austenitizing temperature from 1180 to 1260°C causes structural transformations in carbide particles of eutectic origin crushed upon hot plastic deformation, which are related to their dissolution and coalescence, and changes in the phase composition of the carbides themselves.

The effect of small tensile deformation (3, 6, and 10%) on the texture of preliminary annealed sheets of two-phase DP600 steel (0.10 C, 0.15 Si, 1.4 Mn, 0.007 P, 0.008 S, 0,009 N, 0.02–0,06 Al, 1 Cr–Mo–Ni (wt %)) is studied. Against the background of the annealing texture in the sheets, the {001} <110>, {111} <110>, {111} <112>, {111} <312> components of the slip texture and {115} <110>, {115} <552>, {221} <110>, {221} <114> orientations are developed, which can be associated with the twinning processes. The anisotropy pattern of the Young’s modulus (E) in the sheet plane remains the same after tensile deformation of the annealed sheets. After tension, the values of E decrease in all directions as a result of the onset and development of microdamages. The anisotropy of damage (D) in the plane of the steel sheets after tension is characterized by a maximum in the transverse direction (TD) and a minimum in the rolling direction (RD).

Mg–5Li–3Al–2Zn alloys with the additions of Y and Nd were prepared using induction melting furnace under the atmosphere of pure argon; then they were extruded. The textures of the as-extruded alloys were analyzed by pole figures and electron backscatter diffraction. Results show that the addition of a small amount of Nd can weaken the basal texture. The further increase of Nd content has no corresponding further influence on texture. When a small amount of Y is used to replace Nd, the basal texture can be further weakened and the prismatic slip system can be further activated. In the alloy of Mg–5Li–3Al–2Zn–1.2Y–0.8Nd, the basal textures almost vanish.

We investigate the ground state (T = 0 K) of the one-dimensional symmetrical (n = 1) Hubbard model formalized in terms of the system of integral equations, which we previously obtained using the method of the generating functional of Green’s functions with the subsequent Legendre transformation. In a wide range of variations in the parameter of Coulomb interaction U, the following characteristics of the system have been calculated: the electron density of states, the electron band spectrum, the number of doubly occupied lattice sites, the localized magnetic moment, the correlator of the square of the longitudinal component of spin at a site,<S_Z²>, and the internal energy of the system. It has been shown that, for all U > 0, the model yields two solutions, i.e., an antiferromagnetic insulator and a paramagnetic insulator, in which there are no single-electron quasi-particles at the Fermi level. The energy of the paramagnetic solution in the region of U < 1.1 is considerably less than that of the antiferromagnetic solution for the case of U > 1.1, we have the opposite situation.

The influence of the holding time upon annealing on the temperature of the viscous–brittle transition (temperature of embrittlement) T_f in a cobalt-based amorphous alloy of the composition Co₆₉Fe_3.7Cr_3.8Si_12.5B₁₁ with a very low saturation magnetostriction λ_s (<10^–7) has been studied. It has been established that the dependence of the embrittlement temperature T_f on the of time of holding t_a can be described by an Arrhenius equation and that the embrittlement at the annealing temperatures above and below 300°C is described by different kinetic parameters. In the alloy under study, irrespective of the holding time, embrittlement occurs in a very narrow range of annealing temperatures, which does not exceed 5 K. Based on the experimental data on the evolution of the hysteresis magnetic properties upon the isochronous annealings and upon the isothermal holding, the regime of heat treatment that ensures a very high (about 50000) magnitude of the permeability µ₅ (H = 5 mOe, f = 1 kHz) without the transition of the alloy into a brittle state has been determined.