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Role of the α/β Interface in the Plastic Anisotropy of Single Colony Crystals in Titanium Alloys
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 2011
Abstract
The anisotropy in room temperature plastic deformation has been investigated in single α(HCP)/β(BCC) colonies of a commercial α/β titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo-0.1Si) oriented for activation of individual basal slip systems. Detailed transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies of the slip transmission mechanisms through the α/β interfaces have been performed to elucidate the role of these interfaces in determining yield and strain hardening behavior. Significant anisotropy in the yield strengths and hardening rates for the 3 unique basal slip systems is measured, and is attributed to the different slip transmission mechanisms active due to the near-Burgers orientation relationship existing between α- and β-phases. These results are should be transferable to other alloy systems exhibiting this orientation relationship.
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