Experimental investigations of 9 mol.% Mo5SiB2 isopleth phase diagram in Mo–Mo5SiB2–TiC pseudo-ternary system

The present work focuses on gaining a systematic understanding of the microstructure variation and solidification reactions of alloys in the Mo-rich portion of the Mo–Mo5SiB2(T2)–TiC pseudo-ternary system. A series of MoSiBTiC alloys with 9mol% T2 were selected from the vicinity of the Mo–TiC binary and Mo–Mo5SiB2(T2)–TiC ternary eutectic point to carefully examine the solidification pathway and phase diagram. The solidification reaction temperature of the alloys was detected via an ultra-high-temperature thermal analysis method using blackbody radiation. Solidification was observed in situ using an electromagnetic levitation (EML) apparatus, and the microstructure evolution of solidified EML samples under different thermal histories was characterized. The results provide an experimentally based reassessment of the liquidus surface projection. The primary Moss phase region is shown to be larger than indicated in previously reported data, and a Mo2B primary region should exist in the triangle. As the main result of the investigation of the solidification pathway of a series of MoSiBTiC alloys, an isopleth phase diagram with 9mol.% T2 in Mo–Mo5SiB2(T2)–TiC pseudo-ternary system is presented.