Formation of an ultrafine-grained structure during equal-channel angular pressing of a β-titanium alloy with low phase stability

W. Xu; X. Wu; M. Calin; M. Stoica; J. Eckert; K. Xia

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.02.043

Formation of an ultrafine-grained structure during equal-channel angular pressing of a β-titanium alloy with low phase stability

W. Xu^*, X. Wu, M. Calin, M. Stoica, J. Eckert, K. Xia

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Abstract

A uniform, well-defined ultrafine-grained structure was attained by equal-channel angular pressing in a metastable Ti_67.4Nb_24.6Zr₅Sn₃ β-titanium alloy with low phase stability. In contrast, coarser β grains of several micrometers were yielded upon equivalent plastic strain in a relatively stable Ti_73.5Nb_19.6Ta_4.5Cr_2.4 alloy. The pronounced deformation-induced grain refinement is proposed to mainly result both from the stress-assisted β → α″ martensitic and α″ → β backward transformations during severe plastic deformation, and from the interaction between α″ and dislocations in the β phase.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1012-1015
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scripta Materialia
Volume	60
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.02.043
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

β-titanium alloys
Equal-channel angular pressing
Grain refinement
Ultrafine-grained microstructure

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Formation of an ultrafine-grained structure during equal-channel angular pressing of a β-titanium alloy with low phase stability

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