Abstract
Abstract In this study, a metastable microstructure composed of the single B2 phase was produced in Ti-40Al-8Nb (at. %) alloys by water quenching from 1400 °C. After annealing the fully-B2 microstructure at 1000 °C for 600 min, a refined microstructure composed of α2, γ and B2 phases was obtained. Detailed analysis demonstrated that both the lath-liked coherent α2 phase and equiaxed incoherent α2 phase formed in the B2 matrix within a short time. During the subsequent tempering process, nanoscale γ lamellar precipitated from the coherent α2 phase. Due to the large stored energy in the ultra-thin lamellar structures, the recrystallization of the γ phase happened, resulting in the globalization of the lamellar structures. Besides, γ twins also formed in the B2 matrix by following the Kurdjumov-Sachs (K-S) orientation relationships. With the increase of isothermal holding time, the coarsening of the α2 and γ phases occurred, leading to a refined microstructure with the average grain size of 2 μm.
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