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

Chongle Zhang; Xiangyun Bao; Mengyuan Hao; Wei Chen; Dongdong Zhang; Dong Wang; Jinyu Zhang; Gang Liu; Jun Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33710-1

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

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

Chongle Zhang,
Xiangyun Bao,
Mengyuan Hao,
Wei Chen,
Dongdong Zhang,
Dong Wang,
Jinyu Zhang,
Gang Liu,
Jun Sun

Affiliations

Chongle Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xiangyun Bao: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Mengyuan Hao: Center of Microstructure Science, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Wei Chen: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Dongdong Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Dong Wang: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Jinyu Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Gang Liu: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University
Jun Sun: State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33710-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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It is challenging to obtain Ti alloys with ultrafine microstructure owing to the low thermal stability of crystallographic boundaries. Here the authors demonstrate a chemical boundary-based strategy to produce a hierarchical Ti alloy with nano-martensites that has excellent strength and ductility.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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