Formation of face-centered cubic phase in Ti35 alloy under in situ heating transmission electron microscopy

Jianan Hu, Mengmeng Yang, Wenlong Xiao, Hao Wang, Dehai Ping, Chengze Liu, Shewei Xin, Songquan Wu, Kai Zhang, Yi Yang, Lai-Chang Zhang, Aijun Huang

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Abstract

A thermally induced hexagonal close-packed (HCP) to face-centered cubic (FCC) phase transition was investigated in an α-type Ti35 alloy with twinned structure by in situ heating transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ab initio calculations. TEM observations indicated that the HCP to FCC phase transition occurred both within matrix/twin and at the twin boundaries in the thinner region of the TEM film, and the FCC-Ti precipitated as plates within the matrix/twin, while as equiaxed cells at twin boundaries. The crystallographic orientation relationship between HCP-Ti and FCC-Ti can be described as: {111}FCC//{0002}HCPand<110>FCC//<12¯10>HCP. The HCP to FCC phase transition was accomplished by forming an intermediate state with a BB stacking sequence through the slip of partial dislocations. The formation of such FCC-Ti may be related to the thermal stress and temperature. Ab initio calculations showed that the formation of FCC-Ti may also be related to the contamination of interstitial atoms such as oxygen.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)486-494
Number of pages9
JournalActa Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2023

Keywords

  • Ab initio calculation
  • FCC titanium
  • In situ heating TEM
  • Phase transition

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