Influence of Mo content on microstructure and mechanical properties of β-containing TiAl alloy

The influence of Mo content on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the Ti?45Al?5Nb?xMo?0.3Y(x=0.6,0.8,1.0,1.2)alloys was studied using small ingots produced by non-consumable electrode argon arc melting.The results show that smallquantities ofβphase are distributed alongγ/α2lamellar colony boundaries as discontinuous network in the TiAl alloys owing to thesegregation of Mo element.Theγphase forms in the interdentritic microsegregation area when the Mo addition exceeds0.8%.Theβandγphases can be eliminated effectively by subsequent homogenization heat treatment at the temperature above Tα.The evolutionof the strength,microhardness and ductility at different Mo contents under as-cast and as-homogenization treated conditions wasanalyzed,indicating that excessive Mo addition is prone to cause the microsegregation,thus decreasing the strength andmicrohardness obviously,which can be improved effectively by subsequent homogenization heat treatment.

Mechanism of size effects in microcylindrical compression of pure copper considering grain orientation distribution

In microscale deformation, the magnitudes of specimen and grain sizes are usually identical, and size- dependent phenomena of deformation behavior occur, namely, size effects. In this study, size effects in micro- cylindrical compression were investigated experimentally. It was found that, with the increase of grain size and decrease of specimen size, flow stress decreases and inhomogeneous material flow increases. These size effects tend to be more distinct with miniaturization. Thereafter, a modified model considering orientation distribution of surface grains and continuity between surface grains and inner grains is developed to model size effects in micro- forming. Through finite element simulation, the effects of specimen size, grain size, and orientation of surface grains on the flow stress and inhomogeneous deformation were analyzed. There is a good agreement between experimental and simulation results.

Promoting the mechanical properties of Ti42Al9V0.3Y alloy by hot extrusion in the α+β phase region

Hot extrusion was conducted in the α+β phase region for promoting mechanical properties of Ti42Al9V0.3Y. The microstructures and tensile properties before and after hot extrusion were studied. The results show that the microstructure of the as-cast alloy mainly consists of massive γ phase in β matrix and the as-extruded alloy mainly consists of lamellar α2/γ, lamellar β/γ, and strip γ propagating from elongated β phase. In the as-cast alloy, the predominantly observed fracture mode is transgranular cleavage failure at room temperature and intergranular fracture at 650-750 °C. After hot extrusion, it transforms into transgranular cleavage-like failure, including translamellar cleavage and delamination. The excellent tensile properties of the as-extruded material are attributed to the obvious refined microstructure with broken YAl2 particles and the micro-crack shielding action of the TiAl lamellasome.