The effects of ageing temperature, time and cooling medium on the microstructure and hardness of a solution treated Ti6Al4V alloy were investigated. The furnace cooling after ageing for 0.5 hours gave a homogenous structure with higher hardness values than the solution treated and water quenched Ti6Al4V alloy. Increasing the ageing time to 2 hours reduced the alloy hardness. Ageing at temperatures between 500 and 7000C, followed by furnace cooling, led to homogenously distributed a- and ß-phases within a fully martensitic matrix leading to improved hardness. A heterogeneous structure with a high variation in microhardness was revealed when ageing at 800 and 9000C.
Reference:
Masete, S, Mutombo, K, Siyasiya, C and Stumpf, W. 2015. Effect of ageing treatment on the microstructure and hardness of the Ti6Al4V Alloy. In: Seventh International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT 2015), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July 27-29, pp 194-199
Masete, S., Mutombo, K., Siyasiya, C., & Stumpf, W. (2015). Effect of ageing treatment on the microstructure and hardness of the Ti6Al4V Alloy. Trans Tech Publications. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8147
Masete, S, K Mutombo, C Siyasiya, and W Stumpf. "Effect of ageing treatment on the microstructure and hardness of the Ti6Al4V Alloy." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8147
Masete S, Mutombo K, Siyasiya C, Stumpf W, Effect of ageing treatment on the microstructure and hardness of the Ti6Al4V Alloy; Trans Tech Publications; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8147 .
Seventh International Light Metals Technology Conference (LMT 2015), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 27-29 July 2015. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website
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