The effect of alloy composition on instabilities in the β phase of titanium alloys

Yufeng Zheng, Robert E.A. Williams, Soumya Nag, Rajarshi Banerjee, Hamish L. Fraser, Dipankar Banerjee

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Abstract

A metastable nano-scale disordered precipitate with orthorhombic symmetry has been identified using high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. The phase, termed O′, is metastable, formed by a shuffle mechanism involving a {110}<11¯0> transverse phonon wave in samples of Ti-26Nb-2Zr (at.%) quenched from the β phase. The addition of 2% Zr to Ti-26Nb appears to suppress significantly the stability of both the {112¯}<111> shear and 2/3 < 111 > longitudinal phonon wave but promotes the {110}<11¯0> transverse shuffle. This results in the nano-size O′ phase being homogeneously formed in the parent β phase matrix rather than the massive α″ phase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-52
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume116
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The support of this research by the National Science Foundation , under grant DMR-1309270 , is very gratefully acknowledged. One of us, DB, gratefully acknowledges a visiting fellowship from the University of North Texas during which this research was initiated.

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationDMR-1309270
University of North Texas

    Keywords

    • High-resolution electron microscopy
    • Martensite
    • Phase transformations
    • Titanium alloys

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