Published September 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Simultaneous gettering of oxygen and chlorine and homogenization of the β phase by rare earth hydride additions to a powder metallurgy Ti–2.25Mo–1.5Fe alloy

  • 1. The University of Queensland, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals, Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM), Brisbane, QLD 4072 (Australia)
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083 (China)
  • 3. University of New South Wales, Electron Microscopy Unit, Sydney, NSW 2052 (Australia)

Description

A detailed transmission electron microscopy analysis has revealed that small additions of yttrium hydride to a powder metallurgy Ti–2.25Mo–1.5Fe alloy resulted in the formation of both chlorine-free yttrium oxides and essentially oxygen-free yttrium chlorides. The oxides and chlorides showed distinctly different morphologies and spatial distribution. Yttrium acted as a potent getter for both oxygen and chlorine. Additionally, the β-Ti phase was free of nanoscaled α-Ti in the presence of yttrium. These microstructural changes contribute to the substantially increased ductility (∼90%).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.06.009

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.06.009;
PII
S1359-6462(12)00393-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 491-494
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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