Papers by Keyword: Submicrocrystalline Structure

Abstract: The oxidation processes for compact and powdery samples of titanium, copper, and molybdenum with different volume structure and dispersivity were studied using thermal analysis, electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. It is established that producing of metals with a modified structure under conditions of high-energy impact (severe plastic deformation, electric explosion of a thin wire) in accordance with intermediate annealing leads to an increase in the content of oxygen in the form of solid solutions and oxides; the oxide component’s share, form and localization within the material depend on physicochemical properties of both metal and oxide . It is shown that the structural-phase transformations of the oxide component during heating of fine-grained metals and powders have a significant effect on the parameters of the oxidation process of such materials. The thermally induced effects in the oxygen-containing components might play a critical role for the structure stability during long-term use of such materials under cyclic thermomechanical impacts.

Abstract: The melting parameters (melting point, specific heat of fusion) of copper samples with different volume structure (fine-grained, submicrocrystalline) and dispersivity (fine powder) were explored using differential thermal analysis. It was found that change in the metal structure from bulk coarse-grained to submicrocrystalline, and to submicron powders led to depression of melting point by ~18 °C and of specific heat of fusion by ~45 % relative to the standard values. It was shown that the high-energy impact on the starting coarse-grained metal used to obtain the samples with modified structure and dispersivity (severe plastic deformation, electric explosion of thin wires) caused changes in the composition of the material. An explanation for the observed influence of structure and dispersion factors on the melting parameters has been proposed on the basis of X-ray diffraction data, electron microscopy, and model calculations.

Abstract: The article presents results of studies of phase transformations and structure formation that form the necessary complex of physical and mechanical properties of austenitic-ferritic steel with a structural ratio of 50:50. The structure formation at high pressure with a shear of steel 03Kh14N10K5M2YuT with different initial states is studied. After the action of intense plastic deformations, a submicrocrystalline structure arises. This causes interest in these deformations.

Abstract: The paper presents the results of the study of the stage of accumulation of damage and fatigue rupture of titanium alloys (using the method of acoustic emission). The main object of research was the development of a method for designing a generalized fatigue diagram characterizing the stage of fatigue damage accumulation. The studies aimed at experimental verification of the hypothesis of the stage of damage accumulation, which can be established only by the registered parameters of acoustic emission with separate analysis by types of acoustic emission sources. In contrast to the method of research, which is carried out fractographic analysis, the use of acoustic emission method can significantly reduce the amount of testing. The types of acoustic emission sources on the distribution plane of two-parameter “AE signal energy E_AE vs. frequency parameter K_f” are considered. Fatigue stages in the tests of trial alloys were determined by the activity of the AE signals emitted by different types of AE sources (dislocation, micro - and macro-cracks). A generalized diagram of fatigue developed according to the specified stages. The developed method significantly reduces the volume of fatigue tests and fractographic studies.

Abstract: The structure and mechanical properties of the corrosion-resistant metastable austenitic steels 03Kh14N11К5М2YuТ and 03Kh14N11КМ2YuТ have been investigated. The steels have been deformed by tagging them at room and negative temperatures. It has been established that the amount of martensite and the strength properties are higher at a negative temperature than at room temperature with an equal degree of strain. The investigated austenitic steels are strain-metastable. The higher the strain degree and the lower the deformation temperature, the greater the amount of strain-induced martensite and, correspondingly, the higher the strength properties. Martensite is not observed upon cooling to the temperature of liquid nitrogen.

Abstract: The structural-phase state of weld joints of the samples of Grade 2 alloys with micro- and submicrocrystalline structure is studied using methods of X-ray diffraction analysis. The weld joint was obtained by joining plates with a thickness of 2 mm using the electron-beam welding method. It is established that the transfer of the titanium alloy Grade 2 from the microcrystalline state into the submicrocrystalline state during the process of gradual grinding of grains in the samples by the abc-pressing method at a parallel stepwise decrease of the temperature in the range of 750-500 °C leads to an intensive introduction of oxygen atoms into the crystalline lattice of the solid solution a-Ti. The presence of an increased content of oxygen atoms in the crystalline lattice of the solid solution a-Ti in the submicrocrystalline state in the Grade 2 alloy in the weld zone and in the heat-affected zone promotes the formation of metastable phases w-Ti and α''-Ti. The obtained results made it possible to assume that in the process of electron-beam welding in the Grade 2 alloy in the submicrocrystalline state, an increased concentration of interstitial oxygen atoms in the crystalline lattice of the solid solution based on a–Ti plays a significant role in the formation of a wide range of structural-phase states in the weld zone and in the heat-affected zone.

Abstract: We present a production technology for multilayer vacuum plasma coatings with additional ion bombardment, which is implemented with two methods: by using the hollow cathode effect and by using the self-maintained discharge generated by the plasma generator. Based on this technology, a technology of producing multilayer coatings based on TiN was developed.

Abstract: The article presents the results of the technology development for the vacuum ion-plasma coating deposition with the additional ionic bombardment. As a method to realize the additional ionic bombardment, use of the hollow cathode effect or non-self-maintained high-current discharge generated by the plasma source with an incandescent cathode (PSIC) is suggested. The technology of synthesis of protective coatings with the submicrocrystalline structure was developed.

Abstract: Effect of hydrogen on the structural and phase state of the fine-grained and submicrocrystalline structure of two-phase (alpha + beta) titanium Ti-6Al-4V alloy was investigated by the methods of electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. Hydrogenation is found to result in minor structural and phase changes both in fine-grained and submicrocrystalline samples. The use of electron beam exposure combined with heating for hydrogen release in the Ti-6Al-4V alloy is shown to reduce degassing time and decrease the hydrogen concentration to the values closed to the engineering standards for the Ti-6Al-4V alloys.

Abstract: Hydrogenation effect on the development of superplastic deformation in the submicrocrystalline Ti–6Al–4V alloy at temperatures (0.4–0.5)Т_melt is investigated. Hydrogenation of the submicrocrystalline Ti–6Al–4V alloy to 0.26 mass% during superplastic deformation is found to result in solid solution strengthening, plastic deformation localization, and as a consequence, decrease of the deformation to failure. Possible reasons for the decrease of the flow stress and increase of the deformation to failure in the submicrocrystalline Ti–6Al–4V–0.26H alloy during deformation under conditions of superplasticity and simultaneous hydrogen degassing from the alloy are discussed.