Effects of microstructures on mechanical properties of Ti-63 titanium alloy

The microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-63 pancakes were investigated under different heat-treatment modes. Pancake No. 1, with an as-forged bimodal structure, was β annealed at 930℃ for l h. Its structure was changed to a Widmanstatten structure with continuous grain boundary α phase and long lamellar α phase. The pancake showed a good combination of strength, ductility and fracture toughness. Pancake No. 2, with an as-forged bimodal structure, was aged at 540℃for 8 h after annealing at 930℃ for 1 h. Other than the t＇me secondary α precipitates, it showed a similar microstructure to that of pancake No. 1. The fine precipitates can enhance the pancake＇s strength while reducing the ductility and fracture toughness. Pancake No. 3, with an as-forged basket-weave structure, was annealed at 750℃ for 1 h. Its structure was nearly unchanged and it achieved a better ductility but a slightly lower fracture toughness than pancake No. 1.

Influence of Sc on high temperature strengthening behavior of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Vacuum arc melting technique was used to prepare Ti-6Al-4V alloy containing Sc (0.3% and 0.5%, mass fraction). The ingots were melted twice by vacuum self-consumable electrode arc furnace. Forging of ingots was started in β-phase region and finished in high (α+β)-phase region. Annealing after forging was performed in low (α+β)-phase region for 30 min. Isothermal high temperature compression tests were conducted using thermal simulation machine under Ar atmosphere at 850 ℃ and 1 000 ℃, and the strain rate were 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 and 1.0 s-1. Optical microscope(OM), scanning electron microscopy(SEM), energy dispersive spectrum(EDS) and transmission electron microscope(TEM) were used to study the microstructure evolution during high temperature deformation. The results show that, the peak stress value of alloys increases with increasing Sc content after deformation at 850 ℃, however, there is no obvious strengthening of Sc when the alloys are deformed at 1000 ℃. Sc exists as Sc2O3 forms by internal oxidation during forging procedure, only minor Sc solutes in matrix. At 850 ℃, the interaction between dislocation and participated particles and twinning mechanism controls the deformation procedure accompanied recrystallization. At 1000 ℃, the deformation of alloys containing Sc is mainly controlled by twinning, while the deformation of alloy without Sc is not only controlled by twinning, but also the interaction between dislocation and precipitated particles inside the twinning lamellar.

Orientation dependent behavior of tensile-creep deformation of hot rolled Ti65 titanium alloy sheet

The mill products like sheet always have one or more severe textures inevitably,and its effect on mechanical properties is not a negligible issue.The orientation dependent tensile-creep behavior induced by rolling texture of Ti65 titanium alloy sheet has been systematically investigated at 650℃.There are some anisotropic characteristics between TD and RD of Ti65 sheet.The UTS and TYS of TD are higher than RD at 650℃.Besides,the creep endurance time of TD(172.6–174.5 h)is about three times longer than RD(55.6–65.1 h)at 650℃and 240 MPa.Moreover,the grains are inclined to form Texture III■after creep along with TD,but to form Texture I■after creep along with RD.Finally,the crack initiation site is different during creep in TD and RD.The reason for anisotropic properties of tensile and creep has been summarized in two aspects:(i)the change of the SFs(Schmid factors)value between TD and RD;(ii)the difference of creep mechanism between TD(grain boundary sliding)and RD(dislocation slip).Anisotropy of Ti65 sheet should be fully considered to increase structural efficiency in the engineering design and application.

Deformation kinking and highly localized nanocrystallization in metastableβ-Ti alloys using cold forging

Deformation kinking as an uncommon plastic deformation mechanism has been reported in several materials while the relevant microstructure evolution and grain refinement behavior at a large strain remain unclear so far.In this study,the issue was systematically investigated by utilizing cold forging to impose severe plastic deformation(SPD)on Ti-11 V metastableβ-Ti alloys.It is found that the formation of kink bands experiences dislocation gliding,pre-kinking and the ripening of pre-kinks in sequences.The kink bands are subsequently thickened through the coalescence of multiple kink bands in a manner of high accommodation.Ordinary dislocation slip is developed as a dominant deformation mechanism when deformation kinking is exhausted.The resulting grain refinement involves transverse breakdown and longitudinal splitting of dislocation walls and cells,which fragment kink bands into smallβ-blocks.Further refinement of theβ-blocks is still governed by dislocation activities,and finally nanograins with a diameter of~15 nm are produced at a large strain of 1.2.Alternatively,it is revealed that nanocrystallization is highly localized inside kink bands while the outer microstructure maintains original coarse structures.Such localized refinement characterization is ascribed to the intrinsic soft nature of kink bands,shown as low hardness in nanoindentation testing.The intrinsic softening of kink bands is uncovered to originate from the inner degraded dislocation density evidenced by both experimental measurement and theoretical calculation.These findings enrich fundamental understanding of deformation kinking,and shed some light on exploring the deformation accommodation mechanisms for metal materials at large strains.

TEST MASTER PRO移动式直读光谱仪在残料回收中的应用研究

本文介绍了用于金属残料鉴别的TEST MASTER PRO移动式直读光谱仪的特点,实验分析了该仪器在钛及钛合金、镍及镍合金中合金成分测量的准确性。实验证明,TEST MASTER PRO移动式直读光谱仪在钛及钛合金、镍及镍合金的成分鉴别中具有较高的准确性。