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Forms
Materials, precipitates and coatings
Intermetallic phases occur in several material forms.
The Expert Committee considers intermetallic materials as well as phases occurring in metallic alloys as precipitates or coatings.
Expert Committee
Intermetallic Phases
Intermetallic phases: materials, precipitates and coatings at the interface of research and application.
Properties, manufacturing and applications of intermetallic phases are discussed from scientific and industrial perspectives.
Members115
Founded1990
UnitDGM e.V.
Chair
Topics across materials development
Relationships
Manufacturing, microstructure and properties
Process conditions influence material properties.
Manufacturing technology, microstructure and properties must be understood together. This includes methods for characterization down to the atomic level.
Fields of application
Manufacturing and application
Development and application are considered together.
The focus includes specific manufacturing methods, fields of application and the further processing of intermetallic materials.
Connecting research and application
Members from universities and research institutions represent materials science, mechanical engineering, physics and related disciplines. Industry participants primarily work in aircraft-engine and automotive propulsion technology, raw-material production or the further processing of intermetallic materials.
Alongside fundamental materials research, applications are a focus. New material classes such as silicides are receiving greater attention.
Present, discuss, connect
Exchange
Contacts between research and industry
Both perspectives meet within the Expert Committee.
The Expert Committee supports contacts and exchange between industry representatives and researchers working on intermetallic phases.
Early-career researchers
Early opportunities for visibility
Presentations help researchers enter the community.
Presentation opportunities at Expert Committee meetings give young scientists at Master's or doctoral level an early opportunity to meet established researchers and build contacts.
International
The “Intermetallics” conference
The international conference takes place every two years.
Researchers and industry representatives from around the world meet at the international “Intermetallics” conference.
Intermetallic phases are compounds of two or more metals. They occur as materials in their own right, as precipitates, or as coatings in metallic alloys. Their distinctive properties arise from the bonding of different types of atoms; characterization down to the atomic level is therefore an important part of research.
Applications range from shape-memory alloys for satellite solar sails, valves in automobile engines and flexible eyeglass frames to turbine blades made of titanium aluminide alloys in aircraft engines. These can reduce fuel consumption, CO₂ emissions and noise pollution for people living near airports. Iron aluminides have the potential to replace steel in parts of fossil power plant technology and in other applications.
As industrial use increases, manufacturing conditions become more important. Manufacturing technology, microstructure and material properties must be understood together. This also applies to additive manufacturing and to questions of repair, recycling and the handling of production-related residual material. Construction and design methods need to account for the particular characteristics of intermetallic materials.