Abstract

A wire of a β-Titanium alloy known as Gum Metal was cold rolled to a reduction of 80% and heat treated for times in the range 3-120 minutes at a fixed temperature of 740 °C to yield a set of partially recrystallized microstructures. The recrystallization course was evaluated by light optical microscopy and Electron Backscatter Diffraction, based on which the recrystallization kinetics was analysed using the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) model. This analysis showed that the kinetics of this material does not follow the traditional JMAK behaviour but has two distinct stages with very different Avrami exponents.

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