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The purpose of this work is to investigate the structure formation in intermetallic alloys by metallothermic reduction of oxide titanium-containing raw materials. The diagram feature of the state of the TiAl system is that a whole spectrum of intermetallic compounds is formed in it: two intermetallic compounds with wide homogeneity regions (α2-Ti3Al, γ-TiAl), two intermetallic compounds with narrow homogeneity regions (TiAl2 and TiAl3) and a number of metastable phases. The high cost of commercial titanium alloys used in products for aerospace, military and medical purposes prompts manufacturers to search for ways to obtain alloys for civilian use, which are not so high purity in terms of impurity content, but which have lower cost. Methods for producing titanium in the form of alloys with aluminum and iron by metallothermic reduction of titanium-containing oxide raw materials are considered. It is shown that these alloys can be successfully used in many areas of industry, under conditions of a decrease in the amount of titanium waste, which is obtained by traditional chloride technology.
Keywords: Intermetallic alloy, aluminothermal process, raw materials, oxide titanium, structure© This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.