<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The cp-Ti and Ti-base alloys with additions of Ta and Nb were ball milled and consolidated using vacuum hot pressing. This novel technique allowed to obtain a high level of densification of milled powders up to about 98% and the nanometric grain size level. In the samples of vacuum hot compacted cp-Ti grain size of a single α phase was estimated at 140 nm. With the increase of content the β-stabilizing elements in alloys such as Ta and Nb, structure and a grain size has been changed. In the case of Ti-5Ta-5Nb alloy, also single α phase was observed but with grains size was much smaller, close to 85 nm. The further increasing of the content of Ta and Nb caused further refinement of grain size down to 60 nm and change of structure into two phase α+β and β in case of Ti-10Ta-10Nb and Ti-15Ta-15Nb alloys respectively. The hardness and Young Modulus were measured using the dynamic hardness tester and calculations of hardness and elastic modulus values were based on Oliver and Pharr model.</p></abstract>

The cp-Ti and Ti-base alloys with additions of Ta and Nb were ball milled and consolidated using vacuum hot pressing. This novel technique allowed to obtain a high level of densification of milled powders up to about 98% and the nanometric grain size level. In the samples of vacuum hot compacted cp-Ti grain size of a single α phase was estimated at 140 nm. With the increase of content the β-stabilizing elements in alloys such as Ta and Nb, structure and a grain size has been changed. In the case of Ti-5Ta-5Nb alloy, also single α phase was observed but with grains size was much smaller, close to 85 nm. The further increasing of the content of Ta and Nb caused further refinement of grain size down to 60 nm and change of structure into two phase α+β and β in case of Ti-10Ta-10Nb and Ti-15Ta-15Nb alloys respectively. The hardness and Young Modulus were measured using the dynamic hardness tester and calculations of hardness and elastic modulus values were based on Oliver and Pharr model.

Structure and Properties of Nano-Crystalline Ti-Base Alloys Obtained by Vacuum Hot Pressing

Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Reymonta 25, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

The cp-Ti and Ti-base alloys with additions of Ta and Nb were ball milled and consolidated using vacuum hot pressing. This novel technique allowed to obtain a...

Structure and Properties of Nano-Crystalline Ti-Base Alloys Obtained by Vacuum Hot Pressing

Data publikacji: 23 wrz 2008

Zakres stron: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10077-008-0003-8

Słowa kluczowe
Ti-base alloys, mechanical alloying, powder consolidation, TEM microstructure

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Structure and Properties of Nano-Crystalline Ti-Base Alloys Obtained by Vacuum Hot Pressing

Data publikacji: 23 wrz 2008

Zakres stron: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10077-008-0003-8

Słowa kluczoweTi-base alloys, mechanical alloying, powder consolidation, TEM microstructure

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
Ti-base alloys, mechanical alloying, powder consolidation, TEM microstructure