Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1992, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (8): 142-144.

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CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN SURFACE LAYER OF Ti ALLOY MELTS

KONG Fanya YANG Kenu LU Yong'an SUN Shuxue Institute of Metal Research,Academia Sinica,Shenyang,China   

  • Received:1992-08-11 Revised:1992-08-11 Online:1992-08-11 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The concentration distribution of alloying elements such as Al,Sn,V,Si and Mo in surface layer of quenched Ti alloy melts(TC4,TA 7 and TC9)has been determined by EPMA.Ti al- loy samples were melted and evaporized by electron beam in water cooled copper curcible.The activity coefficient of alloy elements in Ti alloy melts are:γ_(Al)=0.009—0.018 and γ_(Sn)=0.066 —0.123 at 1921—2106℃;γ_V=0.713 at 2021℃;γ_(Si)=0.020 and γ_(Mo)=0.913 at 1921℃.The rate controlling steps of the evaporation of alloying elements Al,Sn,V,Si and Mo from Ti al- loy melts have been discussed with the data of evaporation activation energies of such alloy el- ements.

Key words: titanium alloy, evaporation, activity coefficient, Surface concentration