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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 10, Number PR6, April 2000
The Sixth Japan-France Materials Science SeminarJFMSS-6 Microstructural Design for Improved Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Materials |
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| Page(s) | Pr6-15 - Pr6-20 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2000603 | |
JFMSS-6
Microstructural Design for Improved Mechanical Behaviour of Advanced Materials
J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr6-15-Pr6-20
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000603
Variations in the α2/γ lamellar microstructure in Ti48Al alloys as a function of cooling rate and oxygen content
F. Perdrix, M. Cornet, J. Bigot and J.-P. ChevalierCECM- CNRS, 15 rue Georges Urbain, 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine cedex, France
Abstract
The α2γ lamellar microstructure in Ti-Al alloys is currently considered as promising and a study of
microstructure as a function of cooling rate is presented. Appropriate microstructural parameters, such as α2 volume
fraction, average width of the α2 plates, average spacing between them and grain size, have been measured by
scanning electron microscopy and image analysis procedures. These measurements have then been systematically
correlated with the cooling rate and the oxygen content of both commercial purity, oxygen doped and ultra high
purity synthetic alloys. This has enabled clear trends between different cooling rates, microstructural parameters,
hardness and yield stress to be established. The α2 volume fraction is seen to be a dominant feature. The yield stress
follows a Hall-Petch type relation with the interlamellar spacing as the determining length scale. Finally, the stability
of the lamellar microstructure will be briefly discussed.
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