Preparation and Mechanical Properties of a Bulk Icosahedral Quasicrystalline Ti-Zr-Sc-Ni Alloy

Abstract

The discovery of the icosahedral quasicrystalline phase (i-phase) in as-cast Ti40.83Zr40.83-xScxNi18.34(x = 0~2.0) alloys is described herein. The effect of Sc on the structure and mechanical properties of the bulk quasicrystalline alloys is investigated. The results show that the phase structure of the as-cast alloys are mainly composed of icosahedral phase accompanied by minor C14 Laves phase (L-phase), and the mechanical properties of the bulk quasicrystalline alloys have been examined at room temperature, the compressive fracture strength first increased and then decreased with increasing x from 0.4 to 2.0, and the highest strength is near 1400 MPa when x =1.2, it was 380 MPa higher than the without Sc alloy. The bulk quasicrystalline alloy exhibits the elastic deformation by the compressive test, and the fracture mode was brittle cleavage fracture.