Fig. 8

General view of the SEM BSE micrographs of the Ti64- 40%TiC MMC (a, b) and EDS maps of elements distribution for local microstructure (b): Ti (c), V (d), Al (e), C (f), (g) region with porous TiC, dense TiC and TiC with Ti64, (h, i) microstructure at the high magnification of the dense TiC and Ti64, (h) BSE mode, (i) SE mode.