The influence of hot-deformation on the microstructure,crystalline orientation,and texture evolution of Ti6Al4V-5Cu,an antibacterial(α+β)titanium alloy,was investigated.The alloy was deformed using a hot rolling pro...The influence of hot-deformation on the microstructure,crystalline orientation,and texture evolution of Ti6Al4V-5Cu,an antibacterial(α+β)titanium alloy,was investigated.The alloy was deformed using a hot rolling process in 15%,58%,and 73%thickness reduction ratios.It was found that the basal<α→>and pyramidal<c→+α→>type slip planes could be activated in theαphase,which dominated the deformation behavior of Ti6Al4V-5Cu alloy.Under various deformation conditions,the alloy revealed different microstructure features.On the 15%hot rolled alloy,the deformation was performed by the breakdown of priorβgrain boundaries(GBβ),which was attributed to the formation of coarseαgrains,rotated nearly 45°with respect to the transversal and rolling directions.The presence of different sub-structure geometries made the interior grain size distribution heterogeneous.On the 58%hot rolled alloy,Ti2Cu intermetallic compound was found at theα/βinterface.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy investigation showed the occurrence of grain rotation in different crystallographic directions.At room temperature,the percentage elongation(El)of the alloy reached 23.15%on the 58%hot rolled sample.On the 73%deformed alloy,refined and randomly oriented characteristics of grains were obtained due to higher thickness reduction,which resulted from the segregation of very fine granules.The influence of grain rotation during a hot rolling process revealed that theα/βtexture fiber separation angle to maintain the Burger orientation relationship of{0001}α//{110}βplanes decreased with increase of the thickness reduction ratio when Ti6Al4V-5Cu alloy was deformed by a hot rolling mechanism.Activation of tensile{1012}<1011>and compressive{1122}<1123>twins on the deformation of the alloy was also studied.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51631009)the authors acknowledge the CAS-TWAS presidential scholarship program.
文摘The influence of hot-deformation on the microstructure,crystalline orientation,and texture evolution of Ti6Al4V-5Cu,an antibacterial(α+β)titanium alloy,was investigated.The alloy was deformed using a hot rolling process in 15%,58%,and 73%thickness reduction ratios.It was found that the basal<α→>and pyramidal<c→+α→>type slip planes could be activated in theαphase,which dominated the deformation behavior of Ti6Al4V-5Cu alloy.Under various deformation conditions,the alloy revealed different microstructure features.On the 15%hot rolled alloy,the deformation was performed by the breakdown of priorβgrain boundaries(GBβ),which was attributed to the formation of coarseαgrains,rotated nearly 45°with respect to the transversal and rolling directions.The presence of different sub-structure geometries made the interior grain size distribution heterogeneous.On the 58%hot rolled alloy,Ti2Cu intermetallic compound was found at theα/βinterface.High-resolution transmission electron microscopy investigation showed the occurrence of grain rotation in different crystallographic directions.At room temperature,the percentage elongation(El)of the alloy reached 23.15%on the 58%hot rolled sample.On the 73%deformed alloy,refined and randomly oriented characteristics of grains were obtained due to higher thickness reduction,which resulted from the segregation of very fine granules.The influence of grain rotation during a hot rolling process revealed that theα/βtexture fiber separation angle to maintain the Burger orientation relationship of{0001}α//{110}βplanes decreased with increase of the thickness reduction ratio when Ti6Al4V-5Cu alloy was deformed by a hot rolling mechanism.Activation of tensile{1012}<1011>and compressive{1122}<1123>twins on the deformation of the alloy was also studied.
