Metal treatment – Stock – Titanium – zirconium – or hafnium base
Patent
1996-12-16
1998-12-15
Sheehan, John
Metal treatment
Stock
Titanium, zirconium, or hafnium base
420418, 420419, 420420, C22C 1400
Patent
active
058491120
ABSTRACT:
The invention is a process for simultaneously improving at least two mechanical properties of mill-processed (.alpha.+.beta.) titanium alloy, which may or may not contain silicon, which includes steps of heat treating the mill-processed titanium alloy such that the (.alpha.+.beta.) microstructure of said alloy is transformed into an (.alpha.+.alpha..sub.2 +.beta.) microstructure, preferably containing no silicides. The heat treating steps involve subjecting the mill-processed titanium alloy to a sequence of thermomechanical process steps, and the mechanical properties which are simultaneously improved include (a) tensile strength at room, cryogenic, and elevated temperatures; (b) fracture toughness; (c) creep resistance; (d) elastic stiffness; (e) thermal stability; (f) hydrogen embrittlement resistance; (g) fatigue; and (h) cryogenic temperature embrittlement resistance. As a consequence of the process, the (.alpha.+.alpha..sub.2 +.beta.) microstructure contains equiaxed alpha phase strengthened with .alpha..sub.2 precipitates coexisting with lamellar alpha-beta phase, where the .alpha..sub.2 precipitates are confined totally to the equiaxed primary alpha phase. The invention also encompasses a composition of matter produced by the inventive process, especially one comprising a titanium alloy having an (.alpha.+.alpha..sub.2 +.beta.) microstructure.
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Boeing North American Inc.
Ginsberg Lawrence N.
Lewis Terrell P.
Sheehan John
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