《Effect of low temperature thermomechanical treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of TC4 alloy》.pdfVIP

J. Cent. South Univ. Technol. (2010) 17: 443−448 DOI: 10.1007/s11771−010−0504−6 Effect of low temperature thermo-mechanical treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of TC4 alloy 1 1,2 1 1 SUN Li-ping(孙利平) , LIN Gao-yong(林高用) , LIU Jian(刘健) , ZENG Ju-hua( 曾菊花) 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Materials Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China © Central South University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 Abstract: The effects of low temperature thermo-mechanical treatment (LTTMT) on microstructures and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) alloy were studied by optical microscopy (OM), tensile test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The experimental results confirm that the strength of TC4 alloy can be improved obviously by LTTMT processing, which combines strain strengthening with aging strengthening. The effect of LTTMT on the alloy depends on the microstructure of the refined and dispersed α+β phase on the basis of high dislocation density by pre-deformation below recrystallization temperature. The tensile strength decreases with the increase of pre-deformation reduction. The optimal processing parameters of LTTMT for TC4 alloy are as follows: solution treatment at 900 ℃ for 15 min, pre-deformation in the range of 600−700 ℃ with a reduction of 35%, finally aging at 540 ℃ for 4 h followed by air-cooling. Key words: Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) alloy; low temperature