Develop Ultrafine Grain Size Titanum with Improved Mechanical Properties.

Abstract

Tear, notched tensile, and fatigue crack propagation tests were used to assess the resistance of titanium material to toughness reduction in methanol-chloride and aqueous-chloride environments. Material variables included grain size, texture, cold work, interstitial content, and substitutional alloying. Unalloyed material, recrystallized to an ultrafine grain size, showed better resistance to degradation by the environments than Ti-5Al-2.5Sn and Ti-6Al-4V alloys. A scanning electron microscopy study of the fracture surfaces of tear specimens revealed the presence of mechanical texturing. Experiments directed toward the production of ultrafine grain size titanium by reactive hot pressing of titanium hydride powder were conducted. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784441

Entities

People

  • Roger C. May

Organizations

  • Franklin Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Chlorides
  • Crack Propagation
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Environment
  • Grain Size
  • Hot Pressing
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Methanols
  • Microscopy
  • Resistance
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Titanium
  • Toughness
  • Ultrafines

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics