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Effects of strain rate, test temperature and test environment on tensile properties of vandium alloys

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/414856· OSTI ID:414856
Tensile testing was carried out on SS-3 tensile specimens punched from 0.762-mm-thick sheets of the large heat of V-4Cr-4Ti and small heats of V-3Cr-3Ti and V-6Cr-6Ti. The tensile specimens were annealed at 1000{degrees} for 2 h to obtain a fully recrystallized, fine grain microstructure with a grain size in the range of 10-19 {mu}m. Room temperature tests at strain rates ranging from 10{sup {minus}3} to 5 x 10{sup {minus}1}/s were carried out in air; elevated temperature testing up to 700{degrees}C was conducted in a vacuum better than 1 x 10{sup {minus}5} torr (<10{sup {minus}3} Pa). To study the effect of atomic hydrogen on ductility, tensile tests were conducted at room temperature in an ultra high vacuum chamber (UHV) with a hydrogen leak system.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
414856
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER--0313/20; ON: DE97000700
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English