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Microstructure and Hardness of Subzero Quenched and Heat Treated Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

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Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress

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Titanium is one of the most important materials nowadays with promising lightweight demanding applications. However, despite its high strength-to-weight ratio, high temperature stability and high corrosion resistance, it has relatively low hardness. It is shown in this work that enhanced hardness values could be obtained for Ti-6Al-4V Alloy after heat treatment consisting of subzero quenching in a medium made up of dry ice and alcohol, followed by an aging treatment. The proposed heat treatment resulted an increase of 25% in the hardness of the alloy, compared to 5% reported in literature.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Department, The British University in Egypt, El Sherouk, Egypt

    Abdelrahman Abbas & Andrew Seif

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Iman El-Mahallawi & Waleed Khalifa

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  1. Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, University of California-San Diego Dept. of Nanoengineering, MC 0448, LA JOLLA, California, USA

    Marc André Meyers

  2. ESFM-IPN , Mexico City, Mexico

    Hector Alfredo Calderon Benavides

  3. UTN-National University of Technology , Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  4. Universidad de Antioquia , Medellín, Colombia

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  5. Pratt & Whitney Canada , Longueuil, Canada

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  6. Military Institute of Engineering , Rio de Janerio, Brazil

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  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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  9. Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Hanyang University Division of Materials Sci & Engg, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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Abbas, A., Seif, A., El-Mahallawi, I., Khalifa, W. (2017). Microstructure and Hardness of Subzero Quenched and Heat Treated Ti-6Al-4V Alloy. In: Meyers, M., et al. Proceedings of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52132-9_39

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