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Inheritance of Structure and Texture in Alloy Zr – 2.5% Nb

Metal Science and Heat Treatment volume 64, pages 397–402 (2022)Cite this article

The structure and texture of alloy Zr – 2.5% Nb in initial condition and after a heat treatment (exposure to 930°C, rapid or slow cooling) are studied by the method of electron backscatter diffraction. The main crystallographic orientations of the α- and β-phases are determined. Existence of a dominant shear component in the β → α transformation in the alloy after different treatments is detected. Structure and texture inheritance is shown to occur in alloy Zr – 2.5% Nb as a result of the α → β → α phase transformations.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 7, pp. 46 – 51, July, 2022.

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Yarkov, V.Y., Pastukhov, V.I., Averin, S.A. et al. Inheritance of Structure and Texture in Alloy Zr – 2.5% Nb. Met Sci Heat Treat 64, 397–402 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-022-00820-y

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Key words

  • alloy Zr – 2.5% Nb
  • phase transformations
  • intercrystalline boundaries
  • Burgers orientation relationships
  • inheritance of structure and texture