Secondary hardening behavior in Ti alloyShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Materials Science & Engineering: A, ISSN 0921-5093, E-ISSN 1873-4936, Vol. 759, p. 640-647Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
We report the existence of secondary hardening behavior in Ti-10V-2Fe-3Al (wt.%) (Ti-1023) for the first time. Through controlling the ageing temperature window between 550 degrees C and 575 degrees C, alloys are found to show the existence of two hardness peaks with aging time. This heat treatment with secondary hardening phenomenon exhibits unusual increase of hardness and strength. Further experimental observations show that the first hardness peak corresponds with the well precipitated alpha phase at very short time. Further increase of aging time does not influence the morphology of these intragranular alpha precipitates, but accompanying with a continuous composition change, which could be the origin of the secondary hardness peak. This structure change followed by composition diffusion is the typical characteristic of pseudospinodal mechanism. Phase field and ab-initio calculations based on pseudospinodal mechanism analyze the detailed microstructure/composition evolution and related solid solution strength, which confirm the role of composition on the appearance of secondary hardening behavior.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2019. Vol. 759, p. 640-647
Keywords [en]
Titanium alloy, Age hardening, Secondary hardening, Phase transformation, Phase field model
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-255311DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2019.05.070ISI: 000472813900068Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85066279481OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-255311DiVA, id: diva2:1339830
Note
QC 20190731
2019-07-312019-07-312024-03-15Bibliographically approved