Effect of rapid solidification and alloying addition on lattice distortion and atomic ordering in L10 tial alloys and their ternary alloys

Abstract

Binary and ternary L10 type titanium alloys were rapidly quenched into thin foils by the hammer-anvil quenching technique. The nominal alloy compositions include Ti1-xAlx and (Ti1-xAlx)100-@#@ yMy, wherex = 0.5 to 0.6; y= 1 to 4; and M is V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Ge. Lattice parameters of Ll0 phases in these alloys were studied by X-ray diffractometer using the foils and their powders. Simultaneously, long-range order parameters of these Ll0 phases in the as-quenched foils and the annealed powders were determined from the superlattice intensity measured by X-ray diffractometer. Rapid quenching suppresses long-range ordering (S) during solidification and, thereby, reduces lattice distortion (c/a) in Ll0 titanium alloys. A small amount of alloying element has a large effect on thec/a ratio. The atomic size effect and probably substitutional site preference play an important role in such ac/a reduction. From the density measurement, it is found that antisite defects are a predominant mode in Al-rich off-stoichiometric TiAl compound alloys. Determined long-range order value is significantly low in as-quenched binary TiAl due to rapid quenching, and the highest ordering occurs at as-quenched Ti45Al55 alloy. The relationship betweenc/a andS in Ll0 Ti45Al55 may be written asc/a = 1 + 0.025 ·S.