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The effect of heat and thermomechanical treatments conditions on the microstructure and main mechanical characteristics (obtained by tensile, high-temperature long-term strength, fracture toughness, and high-cycle fatigue tests) of the Ti–45Al–5Nb–1Mo–0.2B (аt %) alloy was studied. Before the treatments, the sequence of phase transformations in the alloy after its solidification was determined by testquenching method. The obtained data were used to develop conditions for the heat and thermomechanical treatments. It was found that a small but stable increase in the plasticity and strength of the cast alloy is observed after three-stage annealing at temperatures that correspond to the (α + γ)- and (α2 + β(В 2) + γ)-phase region. The thermomechanical treatment at temperatures corresponding to the (α(α2) + β(В 2) + γ)-phase region and subsequent two-stage annealing at temperatures that correspond to the (α + β(В 2) + γ)- and (α2 + β(В 2) + γ)-phase region lead to the formation of fine-grained duplex structure. This determined the substantial improvement of the low-temperature plasticity and strength (δ = 3.1% and σu = 860 MPa at 20°C, respectively) and retained high creep resistance to 700°C.
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Original Russian Text © T.I. Nazarova, V.M. Imaev, R.M. Imaev, R.R. Mulyukov, 2016, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2016, Vol. 117, No. 10, pp. 1073–1081.
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Nazarova, T.I., Imaev, V.M., Imaev, R.M. et al. Improvement of mechanical properties of the Ti–45Al–5Nb–1Mo–0.2B (аt %) intermetallic alloy by means of microstructure controlling. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 117, 1038–1046 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X16080111
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