Study of Interstitial Impurities Influence on Properties of Titanium Alloy Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr-1Zr

摘要

The effect of different interstitial impurities content (oxygen, carbon) on β - transus temperature and complex of properties in the heat-strengthened condition of the Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr-1Zr (VST55531) titanium alloy has been studied. The possibility of determining alloy B - transus temperature by the differential scanning calorimetry method with accuracy comparable with the test quenching method is shown in this paper. It is shown that under identical aging regimes an increase of oxygen content from 0.176 to 0.25 wt.% and carbon content from 0.009 to 0.025 wt.% in VST55531 alloy results in higher strength, plastic characteristics and lower ductility, toughness characteristics, especially those which related to the crack propagation.