Twinning Behavior of a Basal Textured Commercially Pure Titanium Alloy TA2 at Ambient and Cryogenic Temperatures

Twinning greatly affects the microstructure and mechanical performance of titanium alloys.The twinning behavior of a basal textured commercially pure titanium TA2 plates rolled to 4% reduction at the ambient and cryo-genic temperatures has been investigated.Microstructures of the rolled samples were investigated by optical micro-scope (OM)and the twinning analysis was carried out based on orientation data collected by electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD).{1 122}contraction twins,{1 124}contraction twins and {1012}extension twins have been ob-served.Twinning mode activity varied with rolling temperature.Twinning is considered as the dominant deformation mechanism during rolling at both temperatures for the strain condition.Larger proportion of grains activates twin-ning during cryorolling,and greater number and more diverse types of twins are observed;manifestly related to the suppression of dislocation slips at the cryogenic temperature.{1 122 }contraction twins are the dominate twin type within samples rolled at both temperatures.Several {1 124}contraction twins are observed in the cryorolled sample while there are only a few in the sample rolled at room temperature.A few tiny {1012}twins have been identified in both samples.{1 124}contraction twins are preferentially activated at cryogenic deformation temperature and the{1012}extension twins may result in local strain accommodation.