Abstract
Atom Probe Tomography (APT) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) are combined for examining α-case formation in Ti-6Al-4V, generated by air exposure at 800 °C. Below the oxide surface, the microstructure separates into a nanoscale mixture of the α-Ti and α2 Ti3Al phases, of compositions Ti70-O30 and Ti65-O10-Al20-V5 respectively. The α2 phase exists either as bands or as nanoscale spherical precipitates. Nitrogen also penetrates the surface, but to a lesser extent, while vanadium partitions to α2 or in distinctly separate phases. The results demonstrate that oxygen stimulates precipitation of α2, helping to explain embrittlement produced in the O-enriched layer beneath the oxide.
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