Influence of α Phase on Shape Memory Effect and Superelasticity of CuZnAI Alloy

The influence of a small amount of α phase inβ′ matrix on shape memory effect andsuperelasticity of CuZnAl shape memory alloy hasbeen studied systematically.It has been found thattransformation temperature can be adjusted in alarge scale by controlling the amount of α phase,meanwhile,shape memory effect and superelasticitydo not decrease obviously when there exists a smallamount of α phase.Based on the optical and trans-mission electron microscopy observation,the influ-ence of α phase on shape memory effect andsuperelasticity has been discussed.     

First Cycle Effect of Polycrystalline CuZnAl Shape Memory Alloy during Thermal-Mechanical Cycling

The thermal-mechanical (T-M) cycles at constant strain of a polycrystalline CuZnAl alloy have beenstudied in the. present work. In-situ optical microscopic observations have been made to reveal thefeatures of the phase transitions during T-M cycling. The variation of stress-temperature (S-T)curves and electrical resistance-temperature (R-T) curves accompanying with T-M cycling havebeen measured by tensile test and electrical resistance measurements. It has been found that thepolycrystalline CuZnAl alloy shows apparent morphology changes and properties variations in thefirst cycle during T-M cycling which is called the first cycle effect in the present work. The stabletransformation procedure in the T-M cycle is: martensiteparent phase +residual acicularmartensite. This residual martensite possesses the character of stress-induced martensite.     

Structural Changes of α Phase in Furnace Cooled Eutectoid Zn-Al Based Alloy

Furnace cooling is a slow cooling process. It is of importance to study structural evolution and its effects on the properties of alloys during the furnace cooling. Decomposition of aluminium rich α phase in a furnace cooled eutectoid Zn-Al based alloy was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Two kinds of precipitates in the α phase were detected in the FCZA22 alloy during ageing at 170℃. One was the hcp transitional α"m phase which appears as directional rods and the round precipitates. The other was the fcc α'm phase.It was found that the transitional phase α'm grew in three preferential directions of <110>, <011> and <101>. The orientation relationship between the α phase and transitional phase α'm was determined as (02-2)α'm(fcc)//(02-2)α(fcc), [-111]α'm(fcc)//[-233]α(fcc). The non-equilibrium phase decomposition of the α phase is discussed in correlation with the equilibrium phase relationships.     

Influence of alloy element partitioning on strength of primary α phase in Ti-6Al-4V alloy

The partitioning effect of Al(α-phase stabilizer) and V elements(β-phase stabilizer) on strength of the primary α phases in the α/β Ti-6 Al-4 V alloy with the bimodal microstructure was investigated.It was found that partitioning of Al and V elements took place in the Ti-6 Al-4 V alloy during the recrystallization process,leading to the variation of the content of Al and V elements in the primary α phases with changing the volume fraction of the primary α phase.Nanoindentation tests reveal a general trend that the strength of the primary α phases increases with decreasing the volume fraction of the primary α phases,and such trend is independent on the loading direction relative to the c-axis of the α phase.The enhanced strength is attributed to the increase of the content of Al element in the primary α phase,but it is not dominated evidently by the change of the V content.The solid solution strengthening contributed from both the elastic strain introduced by the solute atoms and the variation of the density of states was estimated theoretically.     

Rolling texture and its effect on tensile property of a near-α titanium alloy Ti60 plate

Rolling texture and its effect on tensile properties of Ti60 alloy plates were investigated in the present study. The plates wereβ-rolled at 1070℃ and(α+β)-rolled at 980℃, using uni-directionally rolling(UDR) and cross-directionally rolling(CDR) processes, respectively.β-rolled plates exhibited weak textures, which were attributed to the dispersive orientations of secondary α during the β→α phase transformation. Strong deformation textures formed in(α+β)-rolled plates as a result of slipping mechanisms: the strong T-type texture in UDR plate was related to {10 1 0}[11 2 0] slipping, while the B-type texture in CDR plate was relevant with {0001}[11 2 0] slip. Strong T-type textures led to anisotropic tensile properties. B-type textures would decrease such an anisotropy. The(α+β)-CDR process was found to be a candidate process for reducing anisotropy of Ti60 alloy plates.     

Structural Changes of α Phase in Furnace Cooled Eutectoid Zn-Al Based Alloy

Furnace cooling is a slow cooling process. It is of importance to study structural evolution and its effects on the properties of alloys during the furnace cooling. Decomposition of aluminium rich α phase in a furnace cooled eutectoid Zn-Al based alloy was studied by transmission electron microscopy. Two kinds of precipitates in the α phase were detected in the FCZA22 alloy during ageing at 170℃. One was the hcp transitional α＂ m phase which aooears as directional rods and the round precipitates. The other was the fcc α＇m phase. 〈101〉. The orientation relationship between the a phase and transitional phase α＇m was determined as （022）α＇m （fcc）//（022^-）α（fcc）, [1^-11]α＇m, （fcc）//[2^-33]α（fcc）. The non-equilibrium phase decomposition of the α phase is discussed in correlation with the equilibrium phase relationships.     

Precipitates and alloying elements distribution in nearαtitanium alloy Ti65

Precipitates,including silicides and Ti3 Al(α2)phase,and alloying elements distribution in a near a titanium alloy Ti65(Ti-5.8 Al-4.0 Sn-3.5 Zr-0.5 Mo-0.3 Nb-1.0 Ta-0.4 Si-0.8 W-0.05 C)after solution treatment and aging process were characterized by using transmission electron microscopy(TEM)and atom probe tomography(APT).Quantitative composition analysis and TEM observation indicate that the silicides fit to(Ti,Zr)6(Sl,Sn)3.Zr exhibits aβ-stabilizing effect in near a titanium alloys but is weaker than otherβstabilizing elements.The enriching tendency of the alloying elements in the retainedβphase is in the order of Zr相似文献   

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-35V-15Cr-0.05C Nonburning Titanium Alloy

Ti-35V15Cr-0.05C is a new nonburning titanium alloy. The structural analyses show that the alloy consists of β phase and lath-like α phase distributed within β grains, and some titanium carbide particles appear at grain boundaries. Using dark field TEM method, it was also found that TiCr2 phase uniformly precipitates in α phase. After heat treatment at 900℃ for 15 min,equiaxed β phase of 60~ 80μm in diameter and lath-like α phase of 1-2% volume fraction were observed. This alloy possesses attractive mechanical properties.     

Effect of 2–6 at.% Mo addition on microstructural evolution of Ti-44Al alloy

In order to understand the effect of Mo alloying on the microstructural evolution of TiAl alloy, the as-cast microstructure, heat treated microstructure characteristic, and hot compression microstructure evolution of Ti-44 A1 alloy have been studied in this work. The as-cast microstructure morphology changes from(γ+α_2)lamellar colony and β/β_0+γ mixture structure to β/β_0 phase matrix widmannstatten structure,when Mo content increases from 2 at.% to 6 at.%. Affected by the relationship between β phase and αphase, the angles between the lamellar orientation and the block β/β_0 phase are roughly at 0°, 45° and90°. Comparing with heat treatment microstructure, the hot compression microstructure contains lessβ/β_0 phase, however, the β/β_0 phase containing 2 Mo alloy and 3 Mo alloy hot compressed at 1275 ℃ has the inverse tendency. In addition,(α_2 +γ) colony is decomposed by the discontinuous transformation.     

Distinct dendritic α phase emerging on the surface of primary α phase in a compressed near-α titanium alloy

The characteristic of the surface morphology of primary α phase was studied in a deformed near-α titanium alloy. Dendritic α phase emerged on the surfaces of primary α phase when the alloy was air-cooled in α + β phase field after deformation. The dendritic α grain has the same orientation with its original primary α grain. The formation of the dendritic α phase could be explained by interface instability in epitaxial growth process of the primary α phase. The dislocations induced by deformation could facilitate the formation of dendritic α phase leading to the dendritic α phase and more obvious with the increase of strain. The growth of dendritic α phase was finally limited by the nucleation of second α phase with cooling.     

Microstructures of Thermomechanically Treated Eutectoid Zn-Al Alloy

A continuously cast eutectoid Zn-Al alloy was extruded at about 250℃ and the complex microstructures of three phases (α. ε and η'E) were observed in the extruded eutectoid Zn-Al alloy.The fcc Al-rich α phase appeared as isolated particles with clear boundaries instead of the α phase occurring with diffuse boundary within the dendrites of the as-cast structure. A new unstable phase η'E was determined to have hexagonal close packed crystal structure. The decomposed β's, phase comprised the matrix. The new phase η'E decompoeed and a four phase transformation α+ε T'+η occurred afterwards during the isothermal holding. The extruded alloy tended to be stable after these two phase transformations. The early shrinkage and the following increase in dimension were related to the decomposition of the new phase η'E and the four phase transformation.     

ω-Assisted refinement of α phase and its effect on the tensile properties of a near β titanium alloy

In this work, the phase transformation sequence during the continuous heating process(3℃/min) was investigated in a near β titanium alloy. The results show that the staring formation of ω phase is about267℃, and the ending precipitation temperature about 386℃ during the heating process. When the heating temperature is greater than 485℃, there are no ω phase detected within the β matrix. Combined with the microstructural characterization, it is found that ω phase facilitates the nucleation of αphase nearby the ω/β interface and has a great effect on the refinement for α phase. As compared with the specimens directly aged, the specimens with ω-assisted refinement of α phase possess high tensile strength, but there is no yield stage detected on their stress-strain curve. Combined with the analyses of the fracture morphology, the specimens with ω-assisted refinement of α phase present a brittle fracture.This is mainly ascribed to its relatively lager width of grain boundaries and the absence of widmanst?ttenα precipitates.     

Formation of PFZ and Its Effect in a RSP AI-Li Alloy

The formation of precipitation free zone (PFZ) and its effect in a RSP AI-Li alloy has been studied.The results show that PFZ is easy to form when aged at 190℃,but there is no equilibrium phase ongrain boundaries.The growth of PFZ in the alloy is different from that in conventional AI-Li alloys,The effect of PFZ is of great importance because of its large volume fraction in the alloy.It offsets thebeneficial effect of RSP,and is thought to be an important factor that leads to the poor toughnessand low ductility of RSP AI-Li alloy sheet.     

Solidification pathway and phase transformation behavior in a beta-solidified gamma-TiAl based alloy

The phase transformation behavior of an as-cast Ti-42Al-5 Mn(at.%) alloy after subsequent quenching from 1380 ℃ to 1000 ℃ was investigated based on the differential thermal analysis(DTA),electron probe micro analyzer-backscattered electrons(EPMA-BSE),transmission electron microscope(TEM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD).The results show that,the solidification path can be summarized as follows:Liquid→Liquid+β→β→β→α→β+α+γ→β_o+α_2+γ→β_o+γ+α_2/γ→β_o+γ+α_2/γ+β_(o,sec),with the phase transformation α→β temperature(T_β)=1311℃,phase transformation γ→β temperature of(T_(γsolv))=1231℃,phase transformation α_2→α or β_o→β temperature(T_(α2→α)/T_(β_o→β))=1168 C,eutectoid temperature(T_(eut))=1132 ℃ and T_(α_2/γ→βo,sec)≈1 120℃.In comparison with Ti-42 Al alloy,the T_(eut) and T_(γsolv)are slightly increased while both the Tp is decreased obviously by 5% Mn addition.When quenched from the temperature of 1380-1260 ℃,the martensitic transformation β→α' could occur to form the needlelike martensite structure in β area.This kind of martensitic structure is much obvious with the increase of temperature from 1260℃ to 1380 ℃.When the temperature is below T_(γsolv)(1231℃),the γ grains would nucleate directly from the β phase.For the temperature slightly lower than T_(eut)(1132℃),the dotted β_(o,sec) phases could nucleate in the lamellar colonies besides the γ lamellae precipitated withinα_2 phase.Finally,at room-temperature(RT),the alloy exhibits(p_o+α_2+γ) triple phase with microstructure of β_o+lamellae+γ,of which the lamellar structure consists of α_2,γ and β_(o,sec) phases.The phase transformation mechanisms in this alloy,involving β→α',β→γ,α_2→α_2/γ and α_2→β_(o,sec) were discussed.     

Equilibrium Phase Constituents and Discontinuous Precipitation Behavior of Al-Zn-Cu Alloy with Symmetrical Composition

Through microstructure observation and X-ray diffraction analysis, the equilibrium phase constituents of Al-Zn alloy that contains 2 at. pct Cu at room temperature have been determined as AI-based solid solution (α), Zn-based solid solution and AlCu3Zn phase (T′-phase), which are different from α phase, Zn phase and CuZn4 phase originally believed. It is determined that the products of discontinuous precipitation transformation below 277℃ are not the equilibrium phase constituents, but the metastable phases made up of α phase, Zn phase and CuZn4 phase. The phase constituents after discontinuous precipitation of AlZn-2Cu alloy would transform to the ones in equilibrium status: Al-based solid solution (α) in fcc structure, Zn-based solid solution in hcp structure and Al4Cu3Zn phase (T′-phase) ultimately through plastic deformation at room temperature and re-heating treatment below 277℃.     

Annealed microstructure dependent corrosion behavior of Ti-6Al-3Nb-2Zr-1 Mo alloy

Corrosion resistance of titanium(Ti)alloys is closely connected with their microstructure which can be adjusted and controlled via different annealing schemes.Herein,we systematically investigate the specific effects of annealing on the corrosion performance of Ti-6 Al-3 Nb-2 Zr-1 Mo(Ti80)alloy in 3.5 wt.%NaCl and 5 M HCl solutions,respectively,based on open circuit potential(OCP),potentiodynamic polarization,electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS),static immersion tests and surface analysis.Results indicate that increasing annealing tempe rature endows Ti80 alloy with a higher volume fraction ofβphase and finerαphase,which in turn improves its corrosion resistance.Surface characterization demonstrates thatβphase is more resistant to corrosion thanαphase owing to a higher content of Nb,Mo,and Zr in the former;additionally,the decreased thickness of a phase alleviates segregation of elements to further restrain the micro-galvanic couple effects betweenαandβphases.Meanwhile,the influential mechanisms of environmental conditions on corrosion of Ti80 alloy are discussed in detail.As the formation of a highly compact and stable oxide film on surface,annealed Ti80 alloys exhibit a low corrosion current density(10^-6A/cm²)and high polarization impedance(10⁶Ω·cm²)in 3.5 wt.%NaCl solution.However,they suffer severe corrosion in 5 M HCl solution,resulting from the breakdown of native oxide films(the conversion of TiO₂to aqueous Ti³⁺),active dissolution of substrate Ti to aqueous Ti³⁺and existence of micro-galvanic couple effects.Those findings could provide new insights to designing Ti alloys with high-corrosion resistance through microstructural optimization.     

A New Aging Treatment Way for Near α High Temperature Titanium Alloys

Two near α titanium alloys,Ti-5.6Al-4.8Sn-2.0Zr-1Mo-0.35Si(1#) and Ti-6.0Al-4.8Sn-2.0Zr-1Mo-0.35Si(2#),were solution-treated in the upper α+β phase fields,and the duplex mixture microstructures consisting of the less volume fraction primary α phase(αp) and the transformed β phase(βt) were obtained.The aging treatments were carried out at 700℃ for 1# alloy and 760℃ for 2# alloy under varied terms,respectively.It guaranteed α2 ordered phase to precipitate only in αp but not in βt for the two alloys.The slower...     

The Study on Quench Transformation in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al Alloy

The quench transfomation in a Ti-10V-2Fe-3Alnear B-titanium alloy was studied by meansof X-ray diffraction, transmission electronmicroscopy, and optical micyoscopy. The quenchingtemperatures were above and below the β transustemperature. The phase constitutions of specimensquenched from various solution temperatureswere identified and the phase morphologies wereexamined. In addition, the relationship betweenphase lattice parameters and quenching tempera-tures was given for α, β and α ~(11) phases. Thisalloy has a tendency of precipitation of athermalω phase and formation of stress induced α~(11) mar-tensite from β phase during quenching. Quenchedfrom the temperatures above the β transus tem-perature, the alloy mainly consists of β phase,a small amount of α~(11) martensite and athemalω phase aye also present in the alloy. Afterquenching from the temperatures below the βtransus temperature, the α phase appeaysin the alloy in addition to the phases mentionedabove.     

Development of Microstructure and Texture Heterogeneities during Static Annealing of Ti-6.5Al-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si Alloy Preformed by Hot Working

The effect of annealing temperature on the development of microstructure and texture in an α+β titanium alloy Ti-6.5Al-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si (TC11) preformed by hot working was investigated with the aid of electron back-scattered diffraction and X-ray diffraction measurements. It is shown that considerable microstructure and texture heterogeneities were developed in the cross-section of the hot-worked rod due to the non-uniform deformation. Subsequent annealing at 940℃ and 990℃ led to homogeneous microstructures with globular α grains, whereas a typical lamellar α+β microstructure was obtained after annealing at 1040℃. In the latter case, the Burgers orientation relationship was well preserved between the two phases in a single colony. The α lamellar within a given colony depicted similar crystallographic orientations and the boundary α grains shared the orientation of one of the neighboring α lamellar. In contrast, subsequent annealing had very limited effect on the main features of the textures, indicating strong inheritance of the texture heterogeneity in annealing. It is thus crucial to control the hot working process in order to achieve a high level of texture homogeneity in the final parts.     

Microstructure and Phase Transformation of a Niobium-rich TiAl-based Alloy Containing Boron and Carbon

Microstructure and phase transformation of Ti46Al8Nb0.5B0.2C alloy have been investigated.X-ray diffraction (XRD),optical microscopy (OM),scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results show that as-cast and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) alloy mainly composed of γ and α 2 phase have fully lamellar microstructure with point-like or ribbon-like TiB 2 distributing in lamellar colony or at grain boundary.The mean size of lamellar colony is about 150 and 450 μm for as-cast and HIP alloy,respectively.The lamellar spacing is about 550 and 600 nm for as-cast and HIP alloy,respectively.It has been found that cooling rates and quenching temperatures have significant effect on phase transformation of Ti46Al8Nb0.5B0.2C alloy.When the alloy is treated at 1380℃ for 1 h and cooled from α domain,water cooling leads to complete α→α 2 transformation,oil cooling leads to predominant α→α 2 and part α→γ m transformation,air cooling leads to α→α + γ p2 →L(α + γ) →L(α 2 + γ) transformation,and furnace cooling leads to α→α + γ p3 →L(α + γ) →L(α 2 + γ) transformation.However,when the alloy is treated at 1400℃ for 1 h and cooled from α domain,water cooling leads to predominant α→α 2 and part α→α + γ p4 →γ m transformation,oil cooling leads to α→α + γ p5 →γ m transformation,air cooling leads to α→α + γ p6 →L(α + γ) →L(α 2 + γ) transformation,and furnace cooling leads to α→α + γ p7 →L(α + γ) →L(α 2 + γ) transformation.Microstructural evolution of the alloy during various heat treatments has been examined and the phase transformation mechanisms have been elucidated.Based on the experimental observation,schematic CCT diagrams for the alloy have been given.