This work discusses microstructure evolution during ball milling and hot pressing of Ti-xZr-10Si-5B (x = 2 and 5 at. %) and Ti-xZr-20Si-10B (x = 5, 7, 10, 15 and 20 at. %) powder mixtures. Mechanical alloying was carried out in a ball mill using stainless steel balls and vials, 300 rpm and a ball-to-powder ratio of 10:1. Powders milled for 600 min were then hot-pressed (25 MPa) under vacuum at 1100 • C for 60 min. As-milled and hot-pressed samples were evaluated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). Peaks of Si and Zr disappeared in powders milled for 60 and 180 min, respectively, while the lattice parameters and cell volume of α-Ti were varied during ball milling up to 300 min indicating that supersaturated solid solutions were achieved. Ti 6 Si 2 B dissolving up to 10 at. % Zr was found in microstructure of hot-pressed Ti-xZr-10Si-5B (x = 2 and 5 at. %) and Ti-xZr-20Si-10B (x = 2, 5, 7 and 10 at. %) alloys. The amount of TiB and Ti 5 Si 3 was preferentially increased whereas the Ti 3 Si formed in microstructure of the hot-pressed Ti-15Zr-20Si-5B and Ti-20Zr-20Si-10B alloys.

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This proposal aims at structural characterization of Ti-Fe-Si-B alloys produced by high-energy ball milling and subsequent sintering. In this study, quaternary alloys were prepared from raw materials of high purity: Ti (99.9 wt-%), Fe (99.8 wt-%), Si (99.999 wt-%) and B (99.5 wt-%). The milling process of the Ti-2Fe-22Si-11B and Ti-7Fe-22Si-11B (at-%) powders was carried out in a planetary Fritsch P-5 ball mill. Subsequently, the Ti-Fe-Si-B powders milled for 600 min were sintered (1100 ° C for 240 min) under vacuum to obtain equilibrium structures. The characterization of as-milled powders and sintered alloys was performed by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and electron dispersive spectrometry. Extended solid solutions were formed during the initial milling times while that the brittle Ti5Si3 phase was formed for longer milling times in both the quaternary powder mixtures. This fact contributed for reducing the particle sizes. Homogeneous samples containing a small amount of pore were obtained after sintering at 1100°C for 4h. Results have indicated that the iron addition favored the formation of different binary phases of the Ti-Si system, and the formation of the Ti6Si2B compound was inhibited from the Ti-Fe-Si-B powder mixtures.