In-situ composite microstructure formation of immiscible alloy solidified in space

Jiuzhou Zhao; Hao Sun; Lili Zhang; Hongxiang Jiang; Linjie Yang; Jie He

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwac261

In-situ composite microstructure formation of immiscible alloy solidified in space

Natl Sci Rev. 2022 Nov 17;10(2):nwac261. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwac261. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Jiuzhou Zhao^{1

2}, Hao Sun^{1

2}, Lili Zhang^{1

2}, Hongxiang Jiang^{1

2}, Linjie Yang^{1

2}, Jie He^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Shi-changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
² School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, China.

Abstract

The immiscible alloy Ti-Co-Gd is solidified in space by using the Electrostatic Levitation Device on board the Chinese Space Station. A sample with in-situ composite structure is obtained. The microstructure formation and gravity effect are discussed.