High-Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Ti-22Al-27(Nb, Zr) Alloys

研究了Ti2Al Nb基合金Ti-22Al-(27-x)Nb-x Zr(x=0,1,6,at%)在650~800℃的氧化行为。采用XRD和SEM等测试技术对此温度区间形成的氧化层特征进行了分析。结果表明,相比Ti-22Al-27Nb,含锆合金具有较好的抗氧化性能。Ti-22Al-(27-x)Nb-x Zr合金在650℃氧化100 h,主要氧化产物为Ti O2,而在800℃氧化100 h,Ti O2,Al2O3和Al Nb O4为主要产物,但是在Ti-22Al-21Nb-6Zr合金中还有Zr O2生成。Ti-22Al-26Nb-1Zr合金具有优异抗氧化性能,归因于氧化产物细化形成了致密的氧化层,而Ti-22Al-21Nb-6Zr合金,虽然在800℃也形成了较多Al2O3,但是氧化层中的Zr O2为氧的快速扩散提供通道,进而导致该合金氧化增重明显。     

Characterization of Two Ti-Nb-Hf-Zr Alloys Under Different Cold Rolling Conditions

The objective of this study is to obtain a new biomaterial to use in the load transfer medical implants field. The influence of cold work in the thermoelastic martensitic transformation and elastic modulus was investigated for a previously developed Ti-24.8Nb-16.2Hf-1Zr alloy (A1) and a new Ti-35Nb-9Hf-1Zr alloy (A2). The nanoindentation tests with spherical tip showed a decrease of the elastic modulus when increasing the cold work percentage. The lowest value (46 GPa) was achieved after the 95% reduction in thickness for A1. By contrast, the A2 alloy exhibits its lowest elastic modulus in the uncold-worked condition (58 GPa) and did not present evidences of thermoelastic martensitic transformation.     

Effects of V and Zr Additions on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Nb-Ti-Al-Base Alloys

Microstructures and mechanical properties of Nb-32Ti-7Al alloys containing different V and Zr contents were investigated. The microstructures were characterized using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The alloy with V and Zr presents single phase Nb solid solution (Nbss). Tensile testing was carried out at room temperature and 1373 K. The results show that these alloys have good ductility at room temperature. The strengths at room and high temperature increase with the addition of V...     

Design and Characterization of New Ti-Nb-Hf Alloys

Three new Ni-free Ti alloys Ti-16.2Hf-24.8Nb-1Zr, Ti-5.2Hf-31.2Nb-0.4Zr, and Ti-16Hf-36.2Nb-1Zr (wt.%), were designed and produced in order to obtain shape memory and/or low elastic modulus materials for the use in the load transfer implant field. For that, a method based on the molecular orbital theory was implemented to design the three new Ti-Nb-Hf system alloys. A vacuum arc-melted button of each alloy was treated at 1100 °C for 1.5 h and quenched in a mixture of ethanol/water at 0 °C. Finally, the alloys were microstructurally and mechanically characterized. Special attention on studying the elastic modulus and the thermoelastic martensitic transformation was given by means of nanoindentation tests using a Berkovich and a spherical tip, respectively. X-ray diffraction results showed the presence of β-phase in the three studied alloys. Moreover, one of the alloys exhibited reversible phase transformation due to the presence of thermoelastic martensitic α′′-plates inside the β-grains observed by transmission electron microscopy. Results showed a low elastic modulus in all the studied alloys with values between 70 and 90 GPa, which are lower than those of the commercial alloys used in load transfer bone implants.     

Properties of Porous TiNbZr Shape Memory Alloy Fabricated by Mechanical Alloying and Hot Isostatic Pressing

In the past decades, systematic researches have been focused on studying Ti-Nb-based SMAs by adding ternary elements, such as Mo, Sn, Zr, etc. However, only arc melting or induction melting methods, with subsequent hot or cold rolling, were used to fabricate these Ni-free SMAs. There is no work related to powder metallurgy and porous structures. This study focuses on the fabrication and characterization of porous Ti-22Nb-6Zr (at.%) shape memory alloys produced using elemental powders by means of mechanical alloying and hot isostatic pressing. It is found that the porous Ti-22Nb-6Zr alloys prepared by the HIP process exhibit a homogenous pore distribution with spherical pores, while the pores have irregular shape in the specimen prepared by conventional sintering. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the solid solution-treated Ti-22Nb-6Zr alloy consists of both ?? phase and ???? martensite phase. Morphologies of martensite were observed. Finally, the porous Ti-22Nb-6Zr SMAs produced by both MA and HIP exhibit good mechanical properties, such as superior superelasticity, with maximum recoverable strain of ~3% and high compressive strength.     

Martensitic transformation and magnetic properties of Ti-doped NiCoMnSn shape memory alloy

Martensitic transformation, microstructure, and magnetic properties of Ti-doped Ni43-xTixCo7Mn43Sn7（at%）（x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0） shape memory alloys were investigated. The results show that transformation temperatures of Ni43Co7Mn43Sn7 can be efficiently adjusted by the substitution of Ti for Ni. For example, the martensitic transformation starting temperature（Ms） is reduced by about 278 K with 4 at% addition of Ti. Room temperature microstructure evolves from single tetragonal martensite for the Ti-free alloy to dual phases（tetragonal martensite ＋ second phase） with 0.5 at%, 1.0 at%, and2.0 at% addition of Ti to dual phases（cubic austenite ＋ second phase） for 4.0 at% Ti-doped alloy. The mechanical properties can be obviously improved by adding an appropriate amount of Ti. A noteworthy point is that magnetic-field-induced reverse transformation is observed in Ni39Ti4Co7Mn43Sn7 alloy.     

Ti-Ni-Nb宽滞后形状记忆合金的应力诱发马氏体相变行为

用在（Ms＋30℃）温度下的拉伸实验和差示扫描量热仪（DSC）较系统地研究了Ti44Ni47Nb9宽滞后形状记忆合金应力诱发马氏体的相变行为。研究结果表明：当形变量达到14％左右时，应力诱发马氏体相变过程基本完成。应力诱发马氏体的逆相变温度间隔要比热诱发马氏体约小一个数量级。形变对该合金应力诱发马氏体的逆转变开始温度、逆转变温度间隔以及相变潜热均有明显影响，随着拉伸变形量的增加而增加。而在随后的冷却循环中，相变潜热和马氏体相变开始温度均随着形变的增加缓慢降低。     

The role of martensitic transformation in corrosion fatigue failure of Ti-22Nb-6Ta and Ti-22Nb-6Zr (at %) medical alloys

The effect of cyclic dynamic loading on the kinetics of changes in the electrode potentials of Ti-22Nb-6Ta and Ti-22Nb-6Zr (at %) superelastic medical alloys in a model solution simulating the bone tissue environment in a living organism is studied with the use of electrochemical chronopotentiometry. An increase in the applied load from 450 to 780 MPa is found to affect dramatically the character of changes in the electrode potentials of the alloys during exposure. Ti-22Nb-6Ta alloy exhibits higher resistance to corrosion fatigue cracking than does Ti-22Nb-6Zr alloy. It is shown that the superelasticity of the alloys is responsible for the deceleration of the corrosion fatigue cracking due to the blocking effect of martensite crystals formed in the structure during the loading half-cycle, which is confirmed by the low rate of the potential decrease after the nucleation of corrosion fatigue cracks.     

Effect of Cr on Microstructure and Fracture Toughness of Nb-20Ti-16Si-xCr Alloys

The present paper reported the phase stability and microstructures evolution of Nb-20Ti-16Si-xCr (x = 0～20at.%) in-situ composites as function of Cr addition. It was suggested that with the addition of Cr less than 7%, the silicide phase in as-cast Nb-20Ti-16Si alloy was Nb3Si. The silicides changed to be α-Nb5Si3 by the addition of Cr above 7%. It was found that annealing of 1300 ℃ for 100 h could result in the decomposition of Nb3Si to NbSS and α-Nb5Si3 in Cr containing Nb-20Ti-16Si based alloys by means ...     

Ni52Mn21+xGa27-x(x=0-5)磁性形状记忆合金的相变

研究了非化学计量成分的多晶Ni52Mn21+xGa27-x(x=0-5)系列合金的热弹性马氏体相变和磁相变.合金的马氏体相变温度Ms随Mn含量的增加而升高,当x＞4时,Ms已经升高到室温以上,而马氏体相变滞后△T随z的增大而减小;合金的磁相变温度TC随z增加而升高,但变化范围不大,在z＞2后,Tc保持在348 K左右.实验获得了一种具有实用前景的合金成分--Ni52Mn25Ga23合金,其马氏体相变温度在室温以上,相变滞后仅为5 K.     

Effect of thermal treatment and ball milling on microstructure and phase transformation of Ni−Mn−Ga−Nb alloys

To clarify phase transformation evolution of Nb-doped Ni−Mn−Ga bulk alloys after aging and ball milling, the microstructure and phase transformation of the aged and ball-milled dual-phase Nb-doped Ni−Mn−Ga alloys were investigated by SEM, EDS, XRD, DSC and susceptibility measurements. The as-cast alloys were mainly composed of the second phase with layer-shape and presented a reduced martensitic transformation with increasing the second phase content. The second phase transformed from layer-shape to dense bar-shape and the martensitic transformation was enhanced after being quenched at 1173 K. After aging at 673 and 873 K, the 3% Nb alloy with less second phase exhibited a single-step phase transformation, whereas the 6% Nb and 9% Nb alloys with more second phase exhibited a two-step martensitic transformation and Curie transition. The martensitic transformation and Curie transition of the as-milled dual-phase particles disappeared and were retrieved after annealing at 1073 K due to the recovery of high ordered structure of the matrix.     

Microstructural control of Ti-Al-Mo-Nb alloy system with respect to variation of B

In the current study, phase stability of Ti-Al-Mo-Nb alloys was investigated, and the effect of B addition was examined for cast alloys. The fabricated cast alloys were mainly composed of α₂ / γ lamellar with a β phase, when they were heat treated at 1100 °C followed by air cooling, the alloy was composed of α2 / γ lamellar with γ+β necklace phase at the colony boundary for the Ti-45Al-3Mo-2Nb-1B alloy, and the colony size was refined to ~ 20 μm. In order to identify the effect of the microstructures on mechanical strength, compressive tests were performed on the fabricated alloys of Ti-45Al-3Mo-2Nb and Ti-45Al-3Mo-2Nb-1B at room temperature and at 800 °C. The microstructural variations and phase stability were discussed in terms of pseudo-binary phase diagram calculated by Pandat software?.     

Study of Thermal Scanning Rates on Transformations of Ti-19Nb-9Zr (at.%) by Means of Differential Scanning Calorimetry Analysis

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) thermal analysis is a well-accepted technique used to measure the transformation temperatures of shape memory alloy and its thermoelastic transformation energies. In this study, both forward and reverse transformation temperatures of a nickel-free Ti-19Nb-9Zr (at.%) SMA were investigated using DSC technique with different cooling and heating scanning rates in a range of 10 to 100 °C/min. The results showed that the transformation temperature intervals vary substantially with respect to the thermal scanning rates. It is found that the martensitic start (M _s) temperature decreases with decreasing the cooling rates. The optimal scanning rate was found to be 40 °C/min for obtaining the maximum thermoelastic transformation energies stored between the forward and the reverse martensitic transformations. It is believed that the thermoelastic transformation energy increases with the increase in the volume fraction of martensite. Based on these measurements, these thermoelastic transformation energies between the forward and the reverse martensitic transformations were estimated to be ~21 and ~27 J/g, respectively. The appropriate selection of scanning rate for SMA analysis will be discussed.     

热处理对Fe80Zr5Nb4B11非晶合金的结构及磁性能影响

采用单辊快淬法制备Fe80Zr5Nb4B11合金,并在不同温度下对其进行退火,研究热处理对该合金的结构和磁性能的影响。利用X射线衍射（XRD）和透射电镜（TEM）表征合金的结构,利用振动样品磁强计（VSM）测量合金的磁性能。结果表明：随着退火温度的增加,α-Fe晶体相从非晶基体中析出;晶粒尺寸逐渐增大;Fe80Zr5Nb4B11合金的比饱和磁化强度（Ms）在300℃下降,之后保持持续上升的趋势;而矫顽力（Hc）的变化相对复杂,呈现先上升→下降→上升的趋势,这些特征与其微观结构密切相关。     

Effect of deformation on the stress-induced martensitic transformation in (Ni47Ti44)100−xNbx shape memory alloys with wide hysteresis

Martensite in TiNi-based alloys is reported to be thermally stabilized after a moderate deformation. Hence, this paper investigates the effect of deformation via stress-induced martensitic transformation on the reverse transformation behavior of (Ni₄₇Ti₄₄)_100−xNb_x (x=3, 9, 15, 20, 30 at.%) alloys. The stress-induced martensite appears to be stabilized in relation to the thermal-induced martensite that forms on cooling. This observation is confirmed by an increase in the reverse transformation start temperature, during which time the transformation temperature hysteresis reaches about 200°C. Moreover, the Nb content in Ni−Ti−Nb alloy has a great influence on the transformation temperature hysteresis of stress-induced martensite as well as on the process of stress-induced martensitic transformation. The mechanism of wide transformation temperature hysteresis is explained in terms of the microscopic structure of (Ni₄₇Ti₄₄)_100−xNb_x alloys. Furthermore, the temperature interval of the reverse transformation of stress-induced martensite was found to increase slightly as the strain of the high Nb-content alloy increased, though the value was much smaller than that of the thermally induced martensite. Finally, the paper explains the relation between this unique phenomenon and the elastic strain energy.     

Microstructure,phase transformation and mechanical property of Nb-doped Ni–Mn–Ga alloys

This study investigated the microstructure, phase transformation and mechanical property of (Ni_49.8Mn_28.5Ga_21.7)_100-xNb_x (x = 1, 3, 6, 9) alloys. The Nb1 alloy exhibited a single austenite phase at room temperature. With increasing Nb content for Nb3, Nb6 and Nb9, the alloy changed to a dual phase consisting of austenitic matrix and Nb-rich second phase with a hexagonal structure, and the amount of the second phase increased with the increase of Nb content. The martensitic transformation temperature and Curie temperature were changed and the transformation enthalpy was gradually reduced with increasing Nb content. The change of martensitic transformation temperature and Curie temperature was related to the introduction of Nb in the Ni–Mn–Ga structure that decreased valence electron concentration (e/a), increased unit cell volume and reduced magnetic exchange of the alloys. The decrease of transformation enthalpy was mainly attributed to the formation and increase of the Nb-rich second phase that reduced volume fraction of the matrix taking part in phase transformation. All the alloys presented a similar compression behavior with progressively fracturing characters (occurrence of several stress drops before complete fracturing). The fracture strength was slightly enhanced with increasing Nb content from Nb0 to Nb9, but the ductility has no apparent improvement.     

Martensitic transition and shape memory effect of Ti-Zr-Mo series alloys

Development of shape memory alloys is always one of the most important directions for functional Ti alloys. The Ti-Zr-Mo series alloys with various Mo contents were prepared. The main aim of the current work is to investigate the effects of Mo on martensitic transition and shape memory effect of Ti-Zr alloy. The X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscope results indicate that the phase constitution of the examined alloys is greatly dependent on Mo content. The Ti-Zr-Mo alloy with 2 wt% Mo is composed mainly of α′ martensite and a few β phase. As the Mo content increased to 4 wt%, the Ti-50Zr-4Mo alloy consists of α″ martensite and β phase. As the Mo content further increased to 8 wt%, the alloy consists mainly β phase and a barely detectable amount of α″ martensite. Thermal analysis shows that the reverse martensitic transition temperature of the examined alloys decreases with the increasing of Mo. The reverse martensitic transition start, A_s, temperature is approximately 584 °C for Ti-50Zr-2Mo alloy and 519 °C for Ti-50Zr-4Mo, respectively. And the martensitic transition start, M_s, temperature is approximately 553 °C and 501 °C for that two alloys, respectively. But no obvious exothermic and/or endothermic peak can be observed in DSC curve of Ti-50Zr-8Mo alloy. Furthermore, the effect of Mo content on shape memory recovery ratio, η, of the examined alloys was also investigated. Results show that the η first increases and then decreases with the increasing of Mo. The alloy with 4 wt% Mo has the maximum η approximately 13.8%. The influencing mechanism of Mo content on shape memory effect of the examined alloys was also discussed. This findings not only supplied a series of shape memory TiZr-based alloys, but also enriched and deepened the theory of shape memory effect.     

粉末冶金碳化物强化铌合金组织演变及其力学行为

采用机械球磨与热压烧结相结合的粉末冶金法对不同球磨时间Nb-35Ti-6Al-5Cr-8V-5C合金的粉末变形行为,微观组织结构和力学行为进行研究。结果表明:随着球磨时间的增加,Nb-35Ti-6Al-5Cr-8V-5C复合粉末中的块状金属颗粒首先变形为片状后在碰撞挤压作用下破碎成絮状,TiC粉末均匀的分布于片状金属粉末表面;Nb-35Ti-6Al-5Cr-8V-5C合金由Nbss和(Nb,Ti)C两相构成,各合金碳化物体积分数均为11%左右,Ti元素主要分布于Nbss晶界和碳化物内,Al、Cr、V元素主要分布于Nbss晶粒内,Nbss和(Nb,Ti)C相尺寸均随球磨时间增加而尺寸减小;Nbss晶粒细化及强化相碳化物弥散化导致合金的室温压缩力学性能和塑性变形能力显著提高,压缩变形后合金Nbss与碳化物具有良好的界面结合能力,但是碳化物内部存在明显的近似平行分布的裂纹;数据对比表明,粉末冶金法制备Nb-35Ti-6Al-5Cr-8V-5C合金的力学性能优于电弧熔炼法。     

Electrochemical Behavior of Biomedical Titanium Alloys Coated with Diamond Carbon in Hanks’ Solution

Biomedical implants in the knee and hip are frequent failures because of corrosion and stress on the joints. To solve this important problem, metal implants can be coated with diamond carbon, and this coating plays a critical role in providing an increased resistance to implants toward corrosion. In this study, we have employed diamond carbon coating over Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloys using hot filament chemical vapor deposition method which is well-established coating process that significantly improves the resistance toward corrosion, wears and hardness. The diamond carbon-coated Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy showed an increased microhardness in the range of 850 HV. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and polarization studies in SBF solution (simulated body fluid solution) were carried out to understand the in vitro behavior of uncoated as well as coated titanium alloys. The experimental results showed that the corrosion resistance of Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy is relatively higher when compared with diamond carbon-coated Ti-6Al-4V alloys due to the presence of β phase in the Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy. Electrochemical impedance results showed that the diamond carbon-coated alloys behave as an ideal capacitor in the body fluid solution. Moreover, the stability in mechanical properties during the corrosion process was maintained for diamond carbon-coated titanium alloys.     

低应力／应变幅控制的对称拉压疲劳对Ti—49.6Ni合金相变行为的影响

采用电阻法研究了TiNi形状记忆合金在对称拉压应力或应变疲劳条件下的相变行为,结果表明,经过低应力/应变疲劳,材料发生R相变,试样的相变温度变得稳定,马氏体相变温度Ms和逆相变温度As低于未疲劳试样,随着循环次数的增加,应变疲劳后材料的Ms点、As点与循环次数无明显关系,材料具有良好的相变稳定性。