Projects(51071062,51274077,51271068)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China;Project(2011-P03)supported by Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Mold and Die Technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology;Project(HIT.NSRIF.2013002)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China;Project(2011CB605504)supported by the National Basic Research Program of China
Bridgman-type directional solidification experiments were conducted for Ti-46Al-8Nb (mole fraction, %) alloy. The effects of the growth rate and the diameter on the microstructure, phase transition and hardness of t...