학술논문

Enhancement of the Strength and the Corrosion Resistance of a PT-7M Titanium Alloy Using Rotary Forging
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Russian Metallurgy (Metally). 2021(5):600-610
Subject
titanium alloy
rotary forging
fine-grained structure
strength
corrosion resistance
grain boundaries
Language
English
ISSN
0036-0295
1555-6255
Abstract
The effect of severe plastic deformation by rotary forging on the mechanical properties and the corrosion resistance of a pseudo-α-titanium PT-7M alloy is studied. The corrosive character of fracture the fine-grained alloy under hot salt corrosion (HSC) conditions is found to change: pitting corrosion at the onset of recrystallization processes changes into intercrystalline corrosion. The HSC resistance of the fine-grained PT-7M titanium alloy is shown to depend on the structure–phase state of grain boundaries, whose intense migration with developing recrystallization leads to “sweeping out” of corrosion-hazardous alloying elements (aluminum, zirconium) from the crystal lattice of the titanium alloy.