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The Key Role of Ball Milling Time in the Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Ni-TiC_NP Composites

Authors: Xiaoling Zhou, Hefei Huang, Ruobing Xie, Chao Yang, Zhijun Li, Li Jiang, Xiangxi Ye, Hongjie Xu

Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | Issue 12/2016

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Titanium carbide nanoparticle-reinforced nickel-based alloys (Ni-TiC_NP composites) with ball milling time ranging from 8 to 72 h were prepared by ball milling and spark plasma sintering. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy equipped with electron backscatter diffraction were used to characterize the microstructures. Their hardness and tensile properties were measured using the Vickers pyramid method and tensile tests. TEM results showed that a slight coarsening of TiC_NP occurred during the ball milling process. The grain sizes of the Ni-TiC_NP composites with various ball milling times were different, but they were all much smaller than those of the pure Ni. In all cases, the Ni-TiC_NP composites showed higher strengths and hardness values than the unreinforced pure nickel. Furthermore, the strength of the Ni-TiC_NP composites increased initially and then decreased as a function of ball milling time. The maximum strengths occurred in the 24-h ball milling sample, which presented the lowest average grain size. The Hall-Petch strengthening was suggested to be the main reason responsible for such variations in mechanical properties. Additionally, the elongation percentage of the Ni-TiC_NP composites decreased gradually with ball milling time. This may be caused by the change of microvoids in the composite as the ball milling time varies, which is also related to their fracture behavior.

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Title: The Key Role of Ball Milling Time in the Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Ni-TiCNP Composites
Authors: Xiaoling Zhou
Hefei Huang
Ruobing Xie
Chao Yang
Zhijun Li
Li Jiang
Xiangxi Ye
Hongjie Xu
Publication date: 21-10-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 1059-9495
Electronic ISSN: 1544-1024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2403-y

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