Abstract
In this paper, ingot breakdown process of a high Nb containing TiAl alloy with a chemical composition of Ti –42.63 Al –8.11 Nb –0.21 W –0.09 Y (at.%) has been investigated under conventional forging conditions. It was found that the present alloy possesses superior hot-workability that can be successfully forged by conventional upsetting route due to the appearance of large amount of β/B2 phase, though shear band was observed in the forged-pancake. Further studies revealed that hot-working performed in (α + β) phase region which can effectively impede the β → α transformation and thus significantly increase the volume fraction of β/B2 phase. In contrast, the amount of β/B2 phase was notably reduced by heat treatment at the same conditions. This stress-induced effect is considered to be responsible to the superior hot-workability of the present alloy and the mechanism has been discussed and reasonably clarified. It was also suggested that the stress-induced effect has practical significance that it allows the implementation of conventional multi-step forging process which can develop fine and uniform microstructures suitable for secondary processing.
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