Characterization of the Microstructure, Local Macro-Texture and Residual Stress Field of Commercially Pure Titanium Grade 2 Prepared by CONFORM ECAP
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Neutron Diffraction
- (1)
- diffraction vector was parallel with the radial direction of the sample;
- (2)
- diffraction vector was parallel with the hoop direction;
- (3)
- diffraction vector was parallel with the axial direction.
2.2. EBSD
2.3. X-ray Texture
2.4. Calculation of the Residual Stresses
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Neutron Diffraction and Residual Strain
3.1.1. Axial Direction
3.1.2. Hoop Direction
3.1.3. Radial Direction
3.2. Microstructure: EBSD Results
3.3. X-ray Texture Measurements
3.4. Residual Stress Calculation Rresults
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Element | Fe | O | C | H | N | Ti |
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Content | 0.046 | 0.12 | 0.023 | 0.0026 | 0.0076 | Rest |
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Németh, G.; Horváth, K.; Hervoches, C.; Cejpek, P.; Palán, J.; Duchek, M.; Máthis, K. Characterization of the Microstructure, Local Macro-Texture and Residual Stress Field of Commercially Pure Titanium Grade 2 Prepared by CONFORM ECAP. Metals 2018, 8, 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8121000
Németh G, Horváth K, Hervoches C, Cejpek P, Palán J, Duchek M, Máthis K. Characterization of the Microstructure, Local Macro-Texture and Residual Stress Field of Commercially Pure Titanium Grade 2 Prepared by CONFORM ECAP. Metals. 2018; 8(12):1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8121000
Chicago/Turabian StyleNémeth, Gergely, Klaudia Horváth, Charles Hervoches, Petr Cejpek, Jan Palán, Michal Duchek, and Kristián Máthis. 2018. "Characterization of the Microstructure, Local Macro-Texture and Residual Stress Field of Commercially Pure Titanium Grade 2 Prepared by CONFORM ECAP" Metals 8, no. 12: 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/met8121000