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Hierarchical nano-martensite-engineered a low-cost ultra-strong and ductile titanium alloy

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  • Chongle Zhang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Xiangyun Bao

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Mengyuan Hao

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Wei Chen

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Dongdong Zhang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Dong Wang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University
    Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Jinyu Zhang

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Gang Liu

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

  • Jun Sun

    (Xi’an Jiaotong University)

Abstract

Due to the low thermal stability of crystallographic boundaries, the grain boundary engineering (GBE) manifests some limits to the fineness and types of microstructures achievable, while unique chemical boundary engineering (CBE) enables us to create a metallic material with an ultrafine hierarchically heterogeneous microstructure for enhancing the mechanical properties of materials. Here, using a low cost metastable Ti-2.8Cr-4.5Zr-5.2Al (wt.%) alloy as a model material, we create a high density of chemical boundaries (CBs) through the significant diffusion mismatch between Cr and Al alloying elements to architecture hierarchical nano-martensites with an average thickness of ~20 nm. For this metastable titanium alloy, the significantly enhanced yield strength originates from dense nano-martensitic interface strengthening, meanwhile the large ductility is attributed to the multi-stage strain hardening of hierarchical 3D α'/β lamellae assisted by equiaxed primary α (αp) nodules. The hierarchical nano-martensite engineering strategy confers our alloy a desired combination of strength and ductility, which can potentially be applied to many transformable alloys, and reveal a new target in microstructural design for ultrastrong-yet-ductile structural materials.

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  • Chongle Zhang & Xiangyun Bao & Mengyuan Hao & Wei Chen & Dongdong Zhang & Dong Wang & Jinyu Zhang & Gang Liu & Jun Sun, 2022. "Hierarchical nano-martensite-engineered a low-cost ultra-strong and ductile titanium alloy," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33710-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33710-1
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