Beta-Stabilized Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr Primary and Secondary Phase Characterization using Ultrasonic Attenuation
- Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC), Kansas City, MO (United States)
Ti-5Al-5Mo-5V-3Cr (Ti-5553) is a beta-stabilized titanium alloy being evaluated for its use in additive manufacturing. The development of effective nondestructive characterization tools will be critical for successful insertion of Ti-5553 into applications. The microstructure of Ti-5553 can be modified significantly, through heat treatments alone, to produce single β-phase microstructure or dual α-β microstructure with variations on the types and quantities of the α phase in a β matrix. In this work, a set of heat treatments was chosen to obtain a range of microstructures, followed by an investigation of the ultrasonic response to gauge the degree to which these variations could be detected. Ultrasonic attenuation was selected because of its ability to detect differences in grain size and, potentially, the existence and limited details of secondary phases . Initial results show a very distinctive difference in attenuation between the single phase β and the α+β microstructures, and smaller, but still significant, differences among the α+β microstructures indicating that this approach merits further development.
- Research Organization:
- Kansas City Nuclear Security Campus (KCNSC), Kansas City, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0002839
- OSTI ID:
- 1958761
- Report Number(s):
- NSC-614-5100
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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