Static coarsening behavior of equiaxed α phase in Ti-8Al-1Mo-1V alloy
To get a deep understanding of the evolution behavior of equiaxedαphase in Ti-8Al-1Mo-1V alloy during annealing, its static coarsening mechanism was studied based on the calculations of coarsening exponent n and the activation energy forαboundary migration. The result of n=6 indicates a special coarsening mechanism of equiaxedαphase. The activation energy forαboundary migration is calculated to be 138 kJ/mol, which is close to the activation energy for grain growth of pure α-Ti. It is revealed that the coarsening of equiaxed α can be mainly attributed to the self-diffusion of Ti atoms across the α/α boundaries. Based on the experimental findings, a static coarsening kinetics model of equiaxedαgrains in theα+βfield is established. At last, the effects of the coarsening behavior of equiaxedαon tensile properties were studied.