This work presents results in the field of synthesis of new metal matrix composites with matrix NiTi and particles TiB₂, and their use as additives to fabricate metal matrix composites based on the Inconel 625 alloy. NiTi-TB₂ powders were obtained using self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. Composite NiTi-TiB₂ particles were spheroidized on a high-frequency induction plasmatron. Composite NiTi-TB₂ particles were mixed with metallic Inconel 625 powder with particle sizes of 50–150 µm. We used direct laser deposition by means of mixture of powders to grow samples with different contents of ceramics in the metal matrix. The process of direct laser deposition during the experiment was investigated. We have determined the peculiarities of the formation of the structure in metal matrix composites with different contents of titanium diboride. We have demonstrated the possibility of using Direct Laser Deposition (DLD) for fabricating items from ceramic metal materials. We have determined promising fields of further research for the purpose of obtaining efficient metal matrix composites using additive manufacturing technologies.

The paper explores the influence of planetary milling on the temperature and velocity of Al-Ti-B powder mixture combustion and also on the structure and phase composition of the reaction products. It is found that the time increase of planetary milling modifies the structure of the powder particles, improves the density of compacted specimens, and increases the temperature and velocity of their combustion. These time dependences are extreme, with maximum values during 180 s planetary milling. Experiments show that the reaction products consist of an aluminum matrix with uniformly distributed particles of titanium diboride of not over 1 µm in size. The average particle size changes with the increase in the time of the planetary milling of the initial powder mixture.

ТЕХНОЛОГИЯ CВС КОМПОЗИЦИОННЫХ ФЕРРОСПЛАВОВ ЧАСТЬ I. МЕТАЛЛУРГИЧЕСКИЙ СВС ПРОЦЕСС. СИНТЕЗ НИТРИДОВ ФЕРРОВАНАДИЯ И ФЕРРОХРОМА

The development of specialized self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) for complex ferroalloys used in steel smelting and in blast-furnace technology is discussed. To that end, a new...

The combustion of chromium powder in a coflow of nitrogen-containing gas in a range of specific flow rate of up to 20 cm/(s · cm) is studied. The use of forced filtration intensifies the combustion wave propagation in the Cr–N system. In this case, the combustion rate increases simultaneously with the decreasing degree of nitridation. The superadiabatic heating modes in the case of purging with pure nitrogen and a hydrogen-argon mixture are revealed. It is shown that the use of the gaseous mixture promotes the formation of the inverse combustion wave. The hardening mode implemented during forced filtration allows fixing the high-temperature single-phase nonstoichiometric nitride CrN.