Microstructural evolution and refinement of as-forged Ti–43Al–9V–Y alloy after quenching and tempering

  • Lin Chen
  • , Junpin Lin
  • , Xiangjun Xu
  • , Yuyong Chen
  • , Fantao Kong
  • , Yongfeng Liang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is shown that a uniform and refined fully lamellar microstructure can be generated by tempering the quenched samples in the single α region of as-forged Ti–43Al–9V–Y alloy. The refining effect was mainly connected with the quenched microstructures especially for their substructure, grain size and the residual β particles after the quenching. A series of β-decomposed products: martensite plate, massive α and coarsened α lath with increasing grain size were produced due to the decreasing cooling rate during the wedge-shaped sample quenched into iced brine. In addition, the decomposition of β directly to γ has also been observed during the quenching with different cooling rate. The lamellar colony size can be controlled in the range of 25–50 μm after tempering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106576
JournalIntermetallics
Volume113
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Microstructure refinement
  • Phase transformation
  • Quenching
  • TiAl alloys

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