Grain boundary of α phase damaged ductility of laser melting-deposited TC18 titanium alloy and grain boundary of α phases were difficult to break by nominal heat treatment. An extra thermal deformation was introduce...Grain boundary of α phase damaged ductility of laser melting-deposited TC18 titanium alloy and grain boundary of α phases were difficult to break by nominal heat treatment. An extra thermal deformation was introduced to break the grain boundary of α phase with the improved mechanical property of TC18 titanium alloy fabricated by laser melting deposition technique.Results indicated that after thermal deformation, β grains in alloy seriously elongated. When sample was deformed at temperatures from 750 to 850 ℃, α phase exhibited both rod and irregular morphologies with discontinuous distribution at grain boundary, and the subsequent heat treatment would lead to spheroidization of the α phase. However, after deformation at 900 ℃, α phase transferred into β phase and the subsequent heat treatment would make continuous grain boundary of α phase reappear. The suitable hot deformation can effectively break the continuous grain boundary in laser melting-deposited TC18 alloy with respected improved ductility.展开更多
基金supported by National Key Research and Development Program,Ministry of Science and Tech-nology of the People's Republic of China(No.2018YFB1106000)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51801009).
文摘Grain boundary of α phase damaged ductility of laser melting-deposited TC18 titanium alloy and grain boundary of α phases were difficult to break by nominal heat treatment. An extra thermal deformation was introduced to break the grain boundary of α phase with the improved mechanical property of TC18 titanium alloy fabricated by laser melting deposition technique.Results indicated that after thermal deformation, β grains in alloy seriously elongated. When sample was deformed at temperatures from 750 to 850 ℃, α phase exhibited both rod and irregular morphologies with discontinuous distribution at grain boundary, and the subsequent heat treatment would lead to spheroidization of the α phase. However, after deformation at 900 ℃, α phase transferred into β phase and the subsequent heat treatment would make continuous grain boundary of α phase reappear. The suitable hot deformation can effectively break the continuous grain boundary in laser melting-deposited TC18 alloy with respected improved ductility.