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Compositional variability in gum metal

    • Imperial College London
    • University of Sheffield

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    Abstract

    β-Ti alloy Gum metals were defined as Ti–24(Nb + Ta + V)–(Zr,Hf)–O (at.%) by Saito et al. [T. Saito et al., Science 300 (2003) 464]. Previous work has focused on compositions near Ti–23Nb–0.7Ta–2Zr–O. Here, Ti–24V–28Zr–2O was examined; similar single-crystal elastic constants were observed. However, the alloy was found to be brittle and did not form α″ during loading, unlike the Ti–Nb alloy. V-rich body-centred cubic precipitates were also observed. Therefore the β stability parameters e/a, Bo and Md alone are insufficient to define the compositional range of Gum metals.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1000-1003
    Number of pages4
    JournalScripta Materialia
    Volume60
    Issue number11
    Early online date27 Feb 2009
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2009

    Keywords

    • Gum metal
    • Martensitic phase transformation
    • Titanium alloys
    • Synchrotron radiation
    • Ab initio electron theory

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