In-situ characterization of growth of isothermal ω phase in metastable β-Ti alloy TIMETAL LCB

• Main Authors: Nejezchlebova J., Bodnarova L., Janovska M., Sedlak P., Seiner H., Smilauerova J., Janecek M., Appolaire B.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2020/17/matecconf_ti2019_11037.pdf

Metastable β-Ti alloys exhibit various solid-solid phase transitions. Our study is focused on the characterization of the diffusion controlled β→ωiso phase transition. The particles of ω phase play an important part in thermomechanical treatment since they serve as heterogeneous nucleation sites for precipitation of finely dispersed particles of hexagonal α phase. The in-situ observation of the growth of particles of ω phase could be difficult by conventional techniques. However, it was shown recently that the ω phase significantly influences the elastic constants of the material, and the different forms of ω phase have different effects on the elastic anisotropy, as well as on the internal friction coefficients. Therefore, the β→ω phase transformation could be in-situ observed by the precise measurement of the tensor of elastic constants. In this contribution, we present the study of the kinetics of the β→ωiso phase transformation by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy. The polycrystalline samples of TIMETAL LCB alloy were in-situ examined by this technique during isothermal and non-isothermal ageing at temperatures up to 300 °C.