A combinatorial approach was applied to investigating the influence of Fe content on the microstructures and properties of Ti6Al4V alloy.A diffusion couple was manufactured with Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V20Fe alloys and anne...A combinatorial approach was applied to investigating the influence of Fe content on the microstructures and properties of Ti6Al4V alloy.A diffusion couple was manufactured with Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V20Fe alloys and annealed at 1000°C for 600 h to obtain a wide range of compositions.By combining electron probe micro-analysis(EPMA),scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and nanoindentation,the relationships between composition and microstructure as well as hardness were determined.It is found that after aging the Ti6Al4V5Fe sample contains reasonable(about 55%)volume fraction of fineαphase and shows the peak hardness among the Ti6Al4VxFe alloys.Therefore,it is a promising candidate for the development of titanium alloys.HAADF-STEM and XRD reveal that after quenching from the singleβphase field,the metastableα''lamellae form in the Ti6Al4V5Fe alloy,and on subsequent isothermal aging,theα''lamellae become coarse and act as precursors/preferential nucleation sites for the stableαphase.展开更多
基金Project(2014CB644000)supported by the National Basic Research Program of ChinaProject(2016YFB0701301)supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China+1 种基金Projects(51371200,51671218)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy,Central South University,China
文摘A combinatorial approach was applied to investigating the influence of Fe content on the microstructures and properties of Ti6Al4V alloy.A diffusion couple was manufactured with Ti6Al4V and Ti6Al4V20Fe alloys and annealed at 1000°C for 600 h to obtain a wide range of compositions.By combining electron probe micro-analysis(EPMA),scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and nanoindentation,the relationships between composition and microstructure as well as hardness were determined.It is found that after aging the Ti6Al4V5Fe sample contains reasonable(about 55%)volume fraction of fineαphase and shows the peak hardness among the Ti6Al4VxFe alloys.Therefore,it is a promising candidate for the development of titanium alloys.HAADF-STEM and XRD reveal that after quenching from the singleβphase field,the metastableα''lamellae form in the Ti6Al4V5Fe alloy,and on subsequent isothermal aging,theα''lamellae become coarse and act as precursors/preferential nucleation sites for the stableαphase.