In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigations of the physical mechanism of ultra-low strain hardening in Ti-30Zr-10Nb alloy

Zhu, Z. W.; Xiong, C. Y.; Wang, J.; Li, R. G.; Ren, Y.; Wang, Y. D.; Li, Y.

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2018.05.034

In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigations of the physical mechanism of ultra-low strain hardening in Ti-30Zr-10Nb alloy

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.05.034· OSTI ID:1480849

Zhu, Z. W. ^[1]; Xiong, C. Y. ^[2]; Wang, J. ^[2]; Li, R. G. ^[1]; Ren, Y. ^[3]; Wang, Y. D. ^[1]; ^[2]

Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China). State Key Lab. for Advanced Metals and Materials
Beihang Univ, Beijing (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division

A warm-rolled, metastable beta-type Ti-30Zr-10Nb alloy exhibited a peculiar two-stage yielding behavior under uniaxial tensile loading, showing a first plastic stage with obvious strain hardening at 0.4%-10.4% strain and a second plastic stage with ultra-low strain hardening at 10.4%-23.5% strain. In situ high-energy X-ray diffraction (HE-XRD) was used to reveal the stress-induced martensitic transformation scenarios and physical mechanism of the different strain hardening rates. It was found that the deformation-induced phase transformation dominated the onset of the first plastic stage corresponding to the selection of favorable martensitic variants, and their elastic interaction contributed to the obvious strain hardening. HE-XRD experiments further verified that the ultra-low strain hardening rate in the second plastic stage was related to an interesting superelasticity of the martensite, which was characterized by the reversible, stress-induced reorientation of the martensite variants. This reorientation of the martensite variants was primarily due to the rigid lattice rotation of similar to 23 degrees about the [110](α '') axis toward the tensile direction. Here, our investigations provide in-depth understanding of the mechanism of the excellent plasticity with ultra-low strain hardening in beta-type titanium alloys.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Key Research and Development Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1480849

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22744684
OSTI ID: 1496406

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Journal Name: Acta Materialia Journal Issue: C Vol. 154; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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