Ambivalent Role of Annealing in Tensile Properties of Step-Rolled Ti-6Al-4V with Ultrafine-Grained Structure

Autor: Geonhyeong Kim, Taekyung Lee, Yongmoon Lee, Jae Nam Kim, Seong Woo Choi, Jae Keun Hong, Chong Soo Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Metals, Vol 10, Iss 5, p 684 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met10050684
Popis: Step rolling can be used to mass-produce ultrafine-grained (UFG) Ti-6Al-4V sheets. This study clarified the effect of subsequent annealing on the tensile properties of step-rolled Ti-6Al-4V at room temperature (RT) and elevated temperature. The step-rolled alloy retained its UFG structure after subsequent annealing at 500–600 °C. The RT ductility of the step-rolled alloy increased regardless of annealing temperature, but strengthening was only attained by annealing at 500 °C. In contrast, subsequent annealing rarely improved the elevated-temperature tensile properties. The step-rolled Ti-6Al-4V alloy without the annealing showed the highest elongation to failure of 960% at 700 °C and a strain rate of 10−3 s−1. The ambivalent effect of annealing on RT and elevated-temperature tensile properties is a result of microstructural features, such as dislocation tangles, subgrains, phases, and continuous dynamic recrystallization.
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