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, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp 233–237 | Cite as

Grain growth behavior of Ti–6.5Al–3.5Mo–1.5Zr–0.3Si alloy during isothermal β heat treatments

  • De-Lai OuyangEmail author
  • Hai-Ming Du
  • Xia Cui
  • Shi-Qiang Lu
  • Xian-Juan Dong
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Abstract

Isothermal β heat treatments of Ti–6.5Al–3.5Mo–1.5Zr–0.3Si alloy were performed at the temperature of 1040–1240 °C to examine the influence of heating conditions on grain growth of the alloy. The results show that the grain size increases with heating temperature and holding time increasing. Rapid β grain growth of the alloy takes place at the temperature of over 1140 °C. The grain growth kinetics for the alloy follows the classical isothermal grain growth law. The growth time exponent (n) of 0.5651 and activation energy (Q) of 129.6 kJ·mol−1 are determined. Finally, in order to determine the grain size under different heating conditions, the grain growth model of the alloy was established.

Keywords

Isothermal heating Ti–6.5Al–3.5Mo–1.5Zr–0.3Si alloy Grain growth Model 
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Acknowledgements

This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51261020), the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (No. 2014ZE56015) and the Educational Committee of Jiangxi Province of China (No. GJJ14505).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and EngineeringNanchang Hangkong UniversityNanchangChina
  2. 2.Department of Environmental Art DesignJiangxi Normal UniversityNanchangChina
  3. 3.School of Aeronautical Manufacturing EngineeringNanchang Hangkong UniversityNanchangChina

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