Reactive Wetting of Pure Titanium by Molten 6061 and 4043 Aluminum Alloys

The wetting of TA2 pure Ti by two industrial grade Al alloys (i.e.,6061 Al and 4043 Al alloys) was studied by using the modified sessile drop method at 600,650,700℃ under high vacuum. The results show Al/Ti system is a typical reactive wetting, the small amount of alloying element Si in the Al alloys can cause significant enrichment at liquid/solid interface and satisfy thermodynamic condition;the formation of the Si-rich phase (Ti7Al5Si12) strangling material exchange at triple line zone; Ti7Al5Si12 decomposition and Al3Ti formation can remove the oxide film and promote wetting;the spreading dynamics can be described by reaction product control model, further the whole wetting behavior can be divided into two stages:the first stage for the nonlinear spreading and the second stage forthe linear spreading;the activation energies which are 56kJ/mol, 47kJ/mol for nonlinear stages of 6061 Al and 4043 Al alloys, and 112kJ/mol for linear stage of 6061 Al alloys, respectively,Ti7Al5Si12 decomposition is corresponding to the nonlinear spreading.