Sintering Performance and Mechanical Properties of Titanium Compacts Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering

Abstract:

Titanium alloys were produced by blended elemental powder metallurgy (P/M) method. We focused on the effect of alloying elements (Fe, Mo, and Al) on the consolidation and mechanical properties of Ti compacts prepared by spark plasma sintering. The effects of amount of alloying elements and sintering temperature on the relative density and tensile properties of Ti compacts were investigated. The addition of β-stabilizing elements (Fe and Mo) significantly improved the densification of Ti compacts, where the relative density ratio of Ti-5 wt% Mo specimen became higher than 99.9 %, and Ti-5 wt% Fe specimen higher than 99.0 %. On the other hand, the addition of Al as α-stabilizing element led to improve the relative density of Ti-5 wt% Al compact with higher than 99.9 %. The tensile property for sintered Ti-5 wt% Mo compact had the highest elongation of 16 %. It will be discussed the microstructures and tensile property of the compacts.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 217-221
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.217
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Hiroshi Izui, Genki Kikuchi
• Keywords: Alloying Element, Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Titanium Alloy

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