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The conditions have been determined for the manifestation of structural heredity in the U-6 wt % Nb alloy with the restoration of the size and shape of grains of the initial high-temperature γ phase in the course of the forward γ → α″ martensitic transformation upon cooling and the reverse α″ → γ transformation upon heating. Contrary to iron-based alloys, the restored γ phase does not undergo recrystallization due to phase-transformation-induced deformation (phase naklep) upon subsequent high-temperature heating. The elimination of structural heredity with a noticeable grain refinement (by almost an order of magnitude, down to 10–20 μm) in the high-temperature γ phase occurs in the process of the repeated quenching from 700°C after the use of one of the preliminary heat treatments (cold deformation of the α″ martensite, the recrystallization of the deformed α″ phase, the high-temperature aging of the initial α″ martensite, and eutectoid decomposition).
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Sagaradze, Yu.N. Zuev, S.V. Bondarchuk, I.L. Svyatov, A.E. Shestakov, N.L. Pecherkina, I.G. Kabanova, M.F. Klyukina, 2013, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2013, Vol. 114, No. 4, pp. 329–338.
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Sagaradze, V.V., Zuev, Y.N., Bondarchuk, S.V. et al. Structural heredity in the U-6Nb alloy and conditions for its elimination. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 114, 299–307 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X1304008X
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