Effect of the addition of palladium on grain growth kinetics of pure titanium

In the present work, experimental research on grain growth kinetics at different temperatures and times of heat treatment for titanium and Ti---0.2Pd in the and β phases has been carried out. The grain size parameters were obtained by the image analysis technique. The aim of the present study was to quantify the progress of grain growth and the corresponding activation energy for and β titanium, and to determine the effect of Palladium. By means of EDS microanalysis, it has been observed that the effect of a higher concentration of palladium on the grain growth is to decrease the growth exponent for the Ti-0.2Pd alloy. The activation energies differ a lot between the two phases and β for Ti and Ti-0.2Pd. This difference might be due to the different crystal structures.