Effect of melting on high-hardness alpha-stabilized areas in Ti--6Al--4V alloy. Final technical report 1 Feb 69--31 Jan 71

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1971

OSTI ID:7313902

Grala, E M

The chemical, metallurgical, and physical properties of a titanium oxynitride-synthesized defect material introduced into a Ti--6Al--4V alloy briquette electrode and remelted were determined. The metallurgical stability of this synthesized defect material was studied by hot-stage microscopy and further remelt of the defect material. Experimental techniques utilized in this program were standard metallographic techniques, microhardness traverse, electron microprobe analysis, high temperature metallography and induction melting. Twelve defect-containing specimens were characterized to a varying degree. Microhardness and microprobe analysis of the synthesized titanium oxynitride defect in arc melted Ti--6Al--4V alloy revealed it to be metallurgically unchanged by the remelt operation. Considerable solution of the oxynitride material occurred during exposure to the molten titanium alloy. Hot stage exposure of the oxynitride of 60 minutes at both 2000 and 2100F, followed by another 100 minutes at 2200F, did not eliminate the alpha stabilized defect area. The formation of diffusion voids in the surrounding normal matrix destroyed the integrity of this material. The titanium oxynitride defect was dissolved in molten Ti--6Al--4V alloy during induction melting. (auth)

• Research Organization: TRW Equipment Labs., Cleveland, OH (USA). Materials Development Dept.
• OSTI ID: 7313902
• Report Number(s): AD-884769; ER-7363-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360102* -- Metals & Alloys-- Structure & Phase Studies
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
DEFECTS
MELTING
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE STUDIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PNICTIDES
SOLUBILITY
STABILITY
TITANIUM ALLOYS
TITANIUM BASE ALLOYS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM NITRIDES
TITANIUM OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
VANADIUM ALLOYS