简介：Precipitationresponseofarecentlydevelopedb-typeTi–25Nb–2Mo–4Snalloy(wt%)duringagingwasinvestigatedindetail.Experimentalresultsindicatethatthemetastableωorequilibriumαphasecanformalternativelyevenunderthesameagingcondition,dependingontheconditionpriortotheaging,i.e.,solutiontreatmentorseverecoldrolling.Thisprovides,forthefirsttime,thedirectevidenceforthecompetitionbetweenωandαinagedβ-typeTialloys.Thispeculiaragingresponseisfoundtobecloselyrelatedtohigh-densitydislocationsandgrainboundarieswhichsuppresstheformationofωbutfavortheprecipitationoffineaphase.

简介：AZr-1.15wt%Cr-0.10wt%Fealloywasbeta-quenchedfrom1050℃toproduceasupersaturatedα′-phase,andthenheatedforvaryingtimesattemperaturesfrom650℃to760℃toprecipitateZr（CrFe）2.Athermoelectricpower（TEP）techniqueandtransmissionelectronmicroscopy（TEM）wereusedtomonitorthisprecipitationprocess.UsingtheJohnson-Mehl-Avramiequation,theTEPresultsandalineregressionmethod,theactivationenergyfordiffusionandthediffusioncoefficientofchromium（andFe）inα-Zrhavebeencalculatedover650℃～760℃.Thetemperaturedependenceofthediffusioncoefficient,DCr/α（cm2/s）isdescribedat650℃～760℃bytherelationshipformula.ThecoarseningoftheZr（CrFe）2particlesshowsat1/2dependenceofmeanparticlesizeonagingtime,t.Suchatimedependenceistypicalofcoarseningwhereatomtransferacrosstheinterfaceisrate-controlling.