The effect of ageing on microstructure and mechanical properties of powder Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–1Cr–1Fe alloy

The thermo-mechanically processed powder Ti–5Al–5V–5Mo–1Cr–1Fe alloy was aged at 923 K for 1–8 h in order to investigate the effect of ageing time on the microstructure–mechanical properties relationships. The microstructures of the alloy after ageing consist of the both primary and secondary α phases with retained β matrix phase. The shift of β peaks in X-ray pattern with ageing time indicates an increase in lattice parameter distortion due to diffusion into the retained β phase of more β stabilisers with smaller atomic radius compared to the elemental Ti. The tensile test results indicate that the sample aged for 1 h has achieved the best combination of mechanical properties with ultimate tensile strength of 1194 MPa and total elongation of 14.1% among all the experimented conditions. The modified Crussard–Jaoul method is applied to characterise the work hardening behaviour of the alloy.