Effect of Ti on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of TixZr2.5-xTa Alloys

Bin Zhang; Yu Tang; Shun Li; Yicong Ye; Li’an Zhu; Zhouran Zhang; Xiyue Liu; Zhen Wang; Shuxin Bai

doi:10.3390/e23121632

Entropy (Dec 2021)

Effect of Ti on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of TixZr2.5-xTa Alloys

Bin Zhang,
Yu Tang,
Shun Li,
Yicong Ye,
Li’an Zhu,
Zhouran Zhang,
Xiyue Liu,
Zhen Wang,
Shuxin Bai

Affiliations

Bin Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Yu Tang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Shun Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Yicong Ye: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Li’an Zhu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Zhouran Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Xiyue Liu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Zhen Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Shuxin Bai: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/e23121632
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 12
p. 1632

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To determine the effects of Ti and mixing entropy (ΔSmix) on the structure and mechanical proper-ties of Zr-Ta alloys and then find a new potential energetic structural material with good me-chanical properties and more reactive elements, TixZr2.5−xTa (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0) alloys were investigated. The XRD experimental results showed that the phase transformation of TixZr2.5−xTa nonequal-ratio ternary alloys depended not on the value of ΔSmix, but on the amount of Ti atoms. With the addition of Ti, the content of the HCP phase decreased gradually. SEM analyses revealed that dendrite morphology and component segregation increasingly developed and then weakened gradually. When x increases to 2.0, TixZr2.5−xTa with the best mechanical properties can be ob-tained. The yield strength, compressive strength and fracture strain of Ti2.0Zr0.5Ta reached 883 MPa, 1568 MPa and 34.58%, respectively. The dependence of the phase transformation and me-chanical properties confirms that improving the properties of Zr-Ta alloys by doping Ti is feasible.

Published in Entropy

ISSN: 1099-4300 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Astronomy: Astrophysics; Science: Physics
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy

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