Formation of {332}<113>β twins from parent {130}<310>α″ plastic twins in a full α″ Ti-Nb alloy by annealing
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced High-Temperature Materials and Precision Forming, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240 (China)
Highlights: • The solution-treated, deformed and annealed structures of a full α″ martensitic Ti-23Nb (at.%) alloy have been investigated. • The self-accommodated feature of the α″ martensites is presented by EBSD. • The martensites transform into β phase after annealing and the β phase is retained to room temperature by furnace-cooling. • Direct evidence is given for the formation of {332}{sub β} twins from {130}{sub α″} plastic twins by ex-situ EBSD observations. • A possible {351}<1 1-bar 2>{sub α″} twinning in α″ phase that corresponds to {332}<11 3-bar >{sub β} is proposed. - Abstract: The solution-treated (ST), deformed and subsequently annealed microstructures of a full α″ martensitic Ti-23Nb at.% alloy have been investigated by optical micrograph (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD). The results show that both the self-accommodated α″ martensites in ST sample and re-orientated martensitic structure and plastic {130}{sub α″} twins in the Deformed sample fully transformed into the β phase with a small amount of the ω phase by annealing. The ex-situ EBSD measurements showed that the {332}{sub β} twins occur in the Annealed sample, which correspond to the {130}{sub α″} plastic twins of the α″ phase in the Deformed sample, and thus give a direct evidence that the {332}{sub β} twins in the β phase form from the reverse martensitic transformation of the {130}{sub α″} plastic twins in the α″ phase. Moreover, it's also expected from EBSD results that in addition to {130}<3 1-bar 0>{sub α″}, the possible <{351}<1 1-bar 2>{sub α″} twinning system of the α″ phase corresponds to the {332}<11 3-bar >{sub β} twinning of the β phase.
- OSTI ID:
- 22805897
- Journal Information:
- Materials Characterization, Journal Name: Materials Characterization Vol. 145; ISSN 1044-5803; ISSN MACHEX
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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