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A Comparative Study of the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of α + β Titanium Alloys

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A comparative analysis of the structure and mechanical properties of Ti – 10% V – 2% Cr – 3% Al and Ti – 10% V – 1% Fe – 3% Al titanium alloys after a treatment for solid solution and after quenching and single- and double-stage aging is performed.

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The work has been supported by the National Basic Research (973) Program of China (No. 2009CB623704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51171063, 10904034, and 51071064), the Instrumental Innovation Foundation of the Hunan Province (2011TT1003), and the Aid Program for the Science and Technology Innovative Research Team at Higher Educational Institutions of the Hunan Province.

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, China

    C. Li & J. H. Chen

  2. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    X. Wu & S. van der Zwaag

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 7, pp. 33 – 40, July, 2014.

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Li, C., Chen, J.H., Wu, X. et al. A Comparative Study of the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of α + β Titanium Alloys. Met Sci Heat Treat 56, 374–380 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-014-9765-2

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