MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Weakening aging-induced embrittlement via deformation-assisted regulation of isothermal ω precipitation in metastable Ti−15Mo alloy

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  • a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;

    b National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Materials Under Shock and Impact, Beijing 100081, China;

    c State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China;

    d Chongqing Innovation Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Chongqing 401135, China

Online published: 2026-01-28

Abstract

In order to overcome the embrittlement of metastable titanium alloys caused by the precipitation of ωiso phase during aging, regulation of isothermal ω precipitation was investigated in Ti−15Mo alloy. The results show that the sample is brittle when direct aging (A) is applied at 350 °C for 1 h after solution treatment (ST). If pre-deformation (D) is performed on the ST sample to induce {332} twins and secondary α′′ phase, subsequent aging at 350 °C (STDA350) improves the strength to 931 MPa with a good ductility of about 20% maintained. However, when aging is performed at 400 °C or 450 °C (STDA400/450), the strength can be further improved, but the ductility is dramatically reduced. Atomic-scale characterizations show that the partial collapse of ω phase in the STDA350 sample effectively eliminates aging-induced embrittlement, but complete collapse leads to poor ductility in the STDA400/450 sample.

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Fei ZHANG, Shi-wei PAN, Shun XU, Feng QIAN, Jiang-kun FAN, Qun-bo FAN, Xing-wang CHENG . Weakening aging-induced embrittlement via deformation-assisted regulation of isothermal ω precipitation in metastable Ti−15Mo alloy[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2026 , 36(1) : 144 -155 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(25)66954-8

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