Abstract
Machining chips of Ti-15V-3Cr-3Al-3Sn metastable beta titanium alloy were consolidated using back pressure-assisted equal-channel angular pressing (BP-ECAP) using different processing conditions. Near fully dense specimens were obtained after multiple passes done at 500 °C with the aid of different back pressures. SEM and TEM observations show that ECAP resulted in a homogeneous formation of ultrafine equiaxed α grains (~ 180 nm) in the β matrix, due to the generation of an extensive amount of dislocations, vacancies and sub-grain boundaries during ECAP. Most of these α grains showed a random orientation with the β matrix. In addition, the observed grain refinement, increase in dislocation density and age hardening caused by this process resulted in a significant microhardness enhancement in the obtained parts. The microhardness homogeneity was improved as the processing temperature and the number of ECAP passes were increased.
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