Abstract
By means of first principles calculation and experiments, a detailed mechanism is proposed to include the stages of slip, adjustment, and expansion for the HCP → FCC phase transformation with the prismatic relation of 1010 110fcc 10 1 0 hcp 1 1 0 fcc and [0001] [001]fcc [0001] hcp [001] fcc in titanium. It is revealed that the formation of four FCC layers is preferable after the slip of Shockley partial dislocations of 1/6 langle 1bar210rangle (1 2 10) on 1010 10 1 0 planes, and that the adjustment of interplanar spacing and the volume expansion are energetically favorable and could happen spontaneously without any energy barrier. It is also found that the transformed FCC lattice first follows the c/a ratio (1.583) of HCP and then becomes an ideal FCC structure (c/a = 2). The proposed mechanism could not only provide a deep understanding to the process of HCP → FCC prismatic transformation in titanium, but also clarify the controversy regarding volume expansion of HCP-FCC phase transition of titanium in the literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1992 |
| Journal | Scientific Reports |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This project is supported by State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, China.