{"title":"Effect of Stable and Metastable Phase Microstructures on Mechanical Properties of Ti-33Nb Alloys.","authors":"Shitao Fan, Yingqi Zhu, Na Min","doi":"10.3390/ma18102351","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper, the crystal structure, microstructure, and deformation behavior in the Ti-33Nb alloy under furnace-cooling (FC) and water-quenching (WQ) conditions after holding at 950 °C for 0.5 h are reviewed. The stable and metastable phases obtained under FC and WQ heat treatments have significantly different influences on the mechanical properties of this alloy. The furnace-cooling specimens possess a β and α phase at room temperature, while water-quenched specimens are composed of a metastable β phase and martensite α″ phase. According to the results of the nanoindentation test, the hardness value of the FC specimens is 2.66 GPa, which is lower than that of the WQ specimens. It can be attributed to the presence of a large number of α phases. The indentation depth recovery ratio (η<sub>h</sub>) and work recovery ratio (η<sub>w</sub>) of the WQ specimens are 19.02% and 19.54%, respectively, indicating a better superelastic response than the FC specimens. In addition, the wear resistance (H/E<sub>r</sub>) and yield pressure (H3/Er2) of the WQ specimens are 0.0282 and 0.0030 GPa, respectively, suggesting a better wear resistance and resistance of plastic deformation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18281,"journal":{"name":"Materials","volume":"18 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18102351","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this paper, the crystal structure, microstructure, and deformation behavior in the Ti-33Nb alloy under furnace-cooling (FC) and water-quenching (WQ) conditions after holding at 950 °C for 0.5 h are reviewed. The stable and metastable phases obtained under FC and WQ heat treatments have significantly different influences on the mechanical properties of this alloy. The furnace-cooling specimens possess a β and α phase at room temperature, while water-quenched specimens are composed of a metastable β phase and martensite α″ phase. According to the results of the nanoindentation test, the hardness value of the FC specimens is 2.66 GPa, which is lower than that of the WQ specimens. It can be attributed to the presence of a large number of α phases. The indentation depth recovery ratio (ηh) and work recovery ratio (ηw) of the WQ specimens are 19.02% and 19.54%, respectively, indicating a better superelastic response than the FC specimens. In addition, the wear resistance (H/Er) and yield pressure (H3/Er2) of the WQ specimens are 0.0282 and 0.0030 GPa, respectively, suggesting a better wear resistance and resistance of plastic deformation.
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