화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Materials Science, Vol.35, No.12, 3083-3087, 2000
The effect of boron addition on brittle-to-ductile transition temperature and its strain rate sensitivity in gamma titanium aluminide
Temperature dependence of tensile properties of Ti-47Al-2Mn-2Nb-0.8TiB(2) alloy was investigated and brittle-to-ductile transition temperature (T-BD) was evaluated accordingly within the strain rate range from 10(-5) to 10(-1) s(-1). T-BD and its strain rate sensitivity in Ti-47Al-2Mn-2Nb- 0.8TiB(2) alloy were compared with those in Ti-47Al-2Mn-2Nb alloy. It is found that the minor addition of 1.0 at% boron reduces T-BD by more than 100 K and that T-BD in both alloys shows a positive sensitivity to the strain rate. But the B-doped alloy has a lower BDT activation energy (256 kJ/mol) than that of B-free alloy (324 kJ/mol). The effect of boron on TBD and its strain rate sensitivity is attributed to the reduction in the grain size.