High temperature creep behavior of an as-cast near-α Ti–6Al–4Sn–4Zr-0.8Mo–1Nb–1W-0.25Si alloy

Abstract

The high temperature creep behavior of a near-α Ti–6Al–4Sn–4Zr-0.8Mo–1Nb–1W-0.25Si alloy prepared by induction skull melting has been studied under the conditions of 625 °C-675 °C and 150 MPa–250 MPa using uniaxial creep tests in this work. Results indicated that the incoherent secondary phase particle, silicide, mainly precipitated from the α/β lath interface, which has a positive effect on hindering the movement of dislocations and pinning α/β lamellae boundaries during creep. The stress exponent and apparent activation energy was 7.2 at 650 °C and 417.6 kJ/mol at 200 MPa, respectively. The high stress exponent and apparent activation energy indicated that the creep process was controlled by dislocation climb and slip impeded by silicides. The main failure mechanism of the as-cast alloy during creep was the initiation, growth, and coalescence of cracks at the grain boundary, which was proven from the intergranular fracture feature.