Measurement and Evaluation of Crystallographic Texture in Ti-3Al-2.5V Tubing

Abstract

Although the texture of Ti alloys is currently evaluated by the pole figure, it can only provide incomplete and qualitative information. In this investigation, the textures of Ti-3Al-2.5V tubing were studied to seek for an appropriate method for evaluating Ti tubing texture. The texture measurement was performed by thinning the tubing chemically into foils and flattening them, followed by x-ray diffraction analysis. A Bruker D8 Advance texture goniometer with Cu Kα radiation was employed for measuring the {0002}, {10-10}, {10-12}, {11-20} and {10-13} incomplete pole figures using the Schultz reflection technique. Based on the pole data, the crystallite orientation distribution function (ODF) was synthesized using TexEval V2.5 software, Bruker AXS GmbH. The texture strengths of the three specimens were compared using pole figures and ODF. It is found that it gives rise to a large error in the texture strength using the pole figure to evaluate texture. The orientation densities of the maxima in ODF and the tilt angle of their basal poles from the normal toward the tangential direction can describe the tubing texture accurately, which can evaluate the tubing mechanical properties. Subsequently, ODF can be used to predict the mechanical properties of batches of tubing.