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The compctition between the alpha and omega phases in aged Ti-Nb alloys

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The compctition between the stable α phase and metastable ω phase to precipitate in a metastableβ phase matrix was investigated in the present study. Four binary Ti-Ni alloys with compositions between 20 and 35 at. pct Nb were air cooled to room temperature from 1000 °C and then aged at temperatures between 300 and 500 °C. For aging temperatures of 400 °C and lower it was found that the quench before aging enabled ω phase precipitates to grow to the exclusion of α precipitates. When specimens were directly aged at 400 °C only α precipitates were observed. Precipitates which could not be identified using SAD were observed in specimens of the 30 and 35 at. pct Nb alloys. All precipitation reactions became more sluggish as the niobium content of an alloy was increased. The results reported here form the second part of a study of the stable and metastable equilibria of the Ti-Nb alloy system.

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  1. Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, 14853-5001, Ithaca, NY

    D. L. Moffat (Research Associate)

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, and the Applied Superconductivity Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, WI

    D. C. Larbalestier (Professor in the Materials Science Program)

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Moffat, D.L., Larbalestier, D.C. The compctition between the alpha and omega phases in aged Ti-Nb alloys. Metall Trans A 19, 1687–1694 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02645136

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