Mechanisms of Ti3Al precipitation in hcp α-Ti
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Nucleation and growth of Ti3Alα2ordered domains inα-Ti–Al–X alloys were characterised using a combination of transmission electronmicroscopy, atom probe tomography and small angle X-ray scattering. Model alloys based on Ti–7Al (wt.%) and containing O, V and Mowere aged at 550◦C for times up to 120 d and the resulting precipitate dispersions were observed at intermediate points. Precipitates grewto around 30 nm in size, with a volume fraction of 6–10% depending on tertiary solutes. Interstitial O was found to increase the equilibriumvolume fraction ofα2, while V and Mo showed relatively little influence. Addition of any of the solutes in this study, but most prominentlyMo, was found to increase nucleation density and decrease precipitate size and possibly coarsening rate. Coarsening can be described by theLifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner model, suggesting a matrix diffusion-controlled coarsening mechanism (rather than control by interfacial coherency).Solutionising temperature was found to affect nucleation number density with an activation energy ofEf=1.5±0.4 eV, supporting the hypothesisthat vacancy concentration affectsα2nucleation. The observation that all solutes increase nucleation number density is also consistent with avacancy-controlled nucleation mechanism.
Date Issued
2021-06-15
Date Acceptance
2021-03-12
Citation
Acta Materialia, 2021, 212
ISSN
1359-6454
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Journal / Book Title
Acta Materialia
Volume
212
Copyright Statement
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645421001919?via%3Dihub
Subjects
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
cond-mat.mtrl-sci
0204 Condensed Matter Physics
0912 Materials Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Materials
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 116811
Date Publish Online
2021-03-23