Microstructure Evolution and Element Partitioning Behavior during Heat-treatment in Metastable β Titanium Alloy

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2022.080

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (3): 161-167 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.080

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Microstructure Evolution and Element Partitioning Behavior during Heat-treatment in Metastable β Titanium Alloy

ZHANG Ruixue¹^,², MA Yingjie², JIA Yandi², HUANG Sensen², LEI Jiafeng², QIU Jianke², WANG Ping¹(

), YANG Rui²

^1.Key Laboratory of EPM, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
^2.Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China

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ZHANG Ruixue, MA Yingjie, JIA Yandi, HUANG Sensen, LEI Jiafeng, QIU Jianke, WANG Ping, YANG Rui. Microstructure Evolution and Element Partitioning Behavior during Heat-treatment in Metastable β Titanium Alloy. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(3): 161-167.

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The phase transformation of high-strength Ti-alloy is complex and closely related to the element partitioning during heat-treatment. The microstructure evolution and element partitioning behavior of metastable Ti-alloy Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr-0.6Fe, being subjected to different solution and aging treatments were studied. The results showed that after β solution-treatment followed by furnace cooling to (α+β) solution-treatment, α grain boundary (α_GB) and a small amount of intracrystalline primary α(α_p) could form in the alloy. Next, after a two-stage aging-treatment at low-temperature and high-temperature, the ω-phase precipitated during low-temperature aging could affect the size of secondary α(α_s)-lamellar formed during high-temperature aging. The electron probe microanalysis was used to characterize the typical element partitioning effect occurred between α- and β-phase, during solution-treatment, and of which the influence on the microstructure evolution is discussed. The element partitioning behavior led to higher content of β stabilizing elements near α_GB and α_p, which improved the stability of β matrix in the above region. The precipitation free zone formed near α_GB and α_p during low-temperature. After high-temperature aging, the refined α_s precipitated away from α_GB induced by the ω-phase assisted nucleation. While the size of α_s was larger within 2 μm nearby α_GB owning to the absence of ω-assisted nucleation.

Key words: metallic materials metastable β titanium alloy element partitioning ω phase microstructure evolution

Received: 28 January 2022

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871225);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA22010101)

Corresponding Authors: WANG Ping, Tel: 13340029004, E-mail: wping@epm.neu.edu.cn

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Table 1 Chemical composition of Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy (mass fraction, %)

Table 2 Heat-treatment parameters of the Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy

Fig.1 Metallographic structure of the Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy after solution treatment in β field

Fig.2 SEM morphologies of Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy under the condition of ST-830-750 (a), while two local magnifications were shown in (b) and (c)

Fig.3 SEM and TEM morphologies of Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy after low temperature aging (a) and (b) SEM microstructures of ST-830~750, (c) bright field image of α away from α_GB, (d) and (e) diffraction patterns of [110] _β and [113] _β zone axis in (c), (f) dark field image selecting reflections in red circles in (e)

Fig.4 SEM morphologies of Ti-5553-0.6Fe alloy after final aging (ST-830~750+AT-350+560) (a), while three local magnifications are shown in (b, c) and (d)

Fig.5 DSC curve of solution treated sample of Ti-5553-0.6Fe during continuous heating

Fig.6 Microstructures and corresponding elements distribution of Ti-5553-0.6Fe under different heat-treatments (a) ST-830-750, (b) AT-350, (c) AT-350+560

Fig.7 Variations of quantitative elements composition near α_GB along the direction as shown by the red arrows in Fig.6 (a) ST-830-750, (b) AT-350

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