NICKEL ALUMINIDES AND TITANIUM ALUMINIDES

NICKEL ALUMINIDES
Nickel aluminide (Ni3Al) is an intermetallic alloy of nickel and aluminum with properties similar to both a ceramic and a metal.

There are three materials called nickel aluminide:

NiAl NiAl3 Ni3Al, tri-nickel aluminide

Description:
a) Nickel aluminides (Ni3Al) have long been considered potentially useful because, of their ordered crystal structure. b) They are very strong and hard (lighter and five times stronger than stainless steel) and melt only at very high temperatures.

Nickel Aluminide Nominal Chemical Properties Available (wt %): Al= 11.3%, Ni= bal., Zr= 0.6, and B= 0.02 Nickel Aluminide Physical Properties Available: A large number of size ranges are available for consolidation, P/M, thermal spray, injection molding, and other specialty applications

Nickel Aluminide Typical Applications:

Used in everything from processing glass to making dies for forming beverage containers and other shapes from metal. Also widely used in automobile and tool companies. Also rotating parts, dies. wear resistant parts, permanent molds, turbocharger rotors, etc.

IC-221M
An alloy of Ni3Al, known as IC-221M, is made up of nickel aluminide combined with several other metals.

Relation between temperature and yield strength

Properties
Density = 7.26 g/cm3 Yield Strength = 855 MPa Hardness = HRC 12 Thermal Conductivity Ni3Al = 28.85 (W/m.K)[6] Thermal Conductivity NiAl = 76 (W/m.K) [7] Melting Point Ni3Al = 1668 K Melting Point NiAl = 1955 K Thermal expansion coefcient = 12.5 (106/K1) Bonding = covalent/metalic Electrical resistivity = 32.59 (108m)

NICKEL ALUMINIDES HAVE A SERIOUS WEAKNESS:

They are very brittle, making it almost impossible to shape into reliable components.

TITANIUM ALUMINIDE
Titanium aluminide, TiAl, is an intermetallic chemical compound. Lightweight and resistant to oxidation and heat, it suffers from low ductility.

Titanium aluminide has three major intermetallic compounds:

gamma TiAl, alpha 2-Ti3Al and TiAl3. Among the three, gamma TiAl has received the most interest and applications.

 Gamma TiAl has excellent mechanical properties and oxidation and corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures (over 600 degrees Celsius) In aircraft turbine engines used Titanium Aluminide Typical Chemical Purities Available: 99.5%

Titanium Aluminide Nominal Physical Constants:

Density (g/cm3)- alpha 2 4.1- 4.7 Melting Point (C) 1,460

Youngs Modulus @600C 159 giga-pascal

APPLICATIONS
US national aerospace plane, air frames, investment casting, automotive engine valves, turbocharger rotors, and wire/fiber metal matrix composites Aircraft Commerical jet engines.