Precipitation behavior of silicide and synergetic strengthening mechanisms in TiB-reinforced high-temperature titanium matrix composites during multi-directional forging

To investigate the precipitation behavior of silicide and evaluate the contribution of the reinforcement phase to the properties of titanium matrix composites, a TiB-reinforced high-temperature titanium matrix composite was prepared by vacuum induction melting and multi-directional forging. The microstructure of the resultant composite after multi-directional forging was composed of a spheroidized α-phase, uniformly-distributed TiB and...