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Title: Kinetics of recovery and recystallization of the large heat of V-4Cr-4Ti

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/270419· OSTI ID:270419

A series of slow cycle and rapid cycle anneals was carried out in the large heat of V-4Cr-4Ti alloy (heat 832665). Also, a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study was initiated on the samples of the same alloy. The recovery and recrystallization phenomena of V-4Cr-4Ti in slow cycle annealing were quite different from that observed in rapid cycle annealing. The large driving force for recrystallization due to rapid heating resulted in the first nuclei appearing after only 1 minute of 1000{degrees}C. There was a two-stage hardness reduction; the first stage involved recovery due to cell formation and annihilation of dislocation, and second stage was associated with the growth of recrystallization nuclei. This is consistent with results obtained from the DSC in which there was a broad exothermic peak from {approx}200 to 800{degrees}C due to recovery followed by a sharp exotherm associated with recrystallization. The activation energy for recrystallization for V-4Cr-4Ti, which was determined at 576 {+-} 75, kJ/mole is significantly higher than that for pure V, and is thought to be related to Ti and Cr in solid solution.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
270419
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER-0313/19; ORNL/M-5023; ON: DE96010874; TRN: 96:016866
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Fusion materials semiannual progress report for the period ending December 31, 1995; PB: 336 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English