The influence of temperature and strain rate on the deformation response and microstructural evolution during hot compression of a titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V-0.1B

Roy, Shibayan and Suwas, Satyam (2013) The influence of temperature and strain rate on the deformation response and microstructural evolution during hot compression of a titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V-0.1B. In: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 548 . pp. 110-125.

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Abstract

Hot deformation behavior of a hypoeutectic Ti-6Al-4V-0.1B alloy in (alpha + beta) phase field is investigated in the present study with special reference to flow response, kinetics and microstructural evolution. For a comparison, the base alloy Ti-6Al-4V was also studied under identical conditions. Dynamic recovery of alpha phase occurs at low temperatures while softening due to globularization and/or dynamic recrystallization dominates at high temperatures irrespective of boron addition. Microstructural features for both the alloys display bending and kinking of alpha lamellae for near alpha test temperatures. Unlike Ti-6Al-4V, no sign of instability formation was observed in Ti-6Al-4V-0.1B for any deformation condition except for cavitation around TiB particles, due to deformation incompatibility and strain accumulation at the particle-matrix interface. The absence of macroscopic instabilities and early initiation of softening mechanisms as a result of boron addition has been attributed to microstructural features (e.g. refined prior beta grain and alpha colony size, absence of grain boundary alpha layer, presence of TiB particles at prior beta boundaries, etc.) of the respective alloys prior to deformation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, SWITZERLAND
Keywords:	Metals and alloys; Mechanical properties; Microstructure; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2013 11:47
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2013 11:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45611

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