Effect of the Cooling Rate on the Microstructure Evolution and Properties of Ti-43Al-4Nb-1Mo-0.2B Alloy After Multiple Pass Hot Rolling
Author of the article: WEIBeibei1, MA Biao1, CHEN Xiaofei1, ZHANG Xiang1, TANG Bin1,2
Author's Workplace:1. StateKeyLaboratoryof SolidificationProcessing,NorthwesternPolytechnicalUniversity,Xi'an710072,China; 2. Innovation Center NPU Chongqing, Chongqing 401135, China
Key Words:TiAl sheet; cooling rate; microstructure evolution; tensile properties
Abstract:
Cooling rate significantly influences the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of TiAl sheets
following multipass hot-pack rolling. In this study, Ti-43Al-4Nb-1Mo- 0.2 B (at.% , TNM) sheets were prepared through
furnace-cooling and air-cooling methods after rolling. The microstructural morphology, phase transformation, and
recrystallization behavior of TNM sheets were systematically investigated at different cooling rates. Furthermore, the
mechanical properties of the alloy at room temperature were evaluated, and the underlying deformation mechanisms were
clarified. The results indicate that slow cooling facilitates the α2
→βo
phase transition both within and at the boundaries of
α2
/γ lamellar colonies while also promoting the nucleation and growth of equiaxed γ recrystallized grains surrounding these
colonies. However, compared with slow cooling, rapid cooling promotes the α2
→γ phase transition, resulting in a decrease
in the α2
/γ interlamellar spacing from 140 nm to 60 nm. In addition, the strength and plasticity of the TNM sheets are
simultaneously enhanced because the γ laths have heterogeneous thicknesses and few γ recrystallized grains surround the
α2
/γ lamellar colonies under rapid cooling conditions, achieving a tensile strength of 1 140 MPa and an engineering strain
exceeding 1%.