A review of the metastable omega phase in beta titanium alloys: the phase transformation mechanisms and its effect on mechanical properties

JA Ballor, T Li, F Prima, CJ Boehlert… - International …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Since its discovery in 1954, the omega (ω) phase in titanium and its alloys has attracted
substantial attention from researchers. The β-to-ω and ω-to-α phase transformations are …

The indirect influence of the ω phase on the degree of refinement of distributions of the α phase in metastable β-Titanium alloys

Y Zheng, REA Williams, JM Sosa, T Alam, Y Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Non-conventional transformation pathways have been exploited to determine the degree of
refinement of the microstructure of a metastable β-Ti alloy. This has involved a set of heat …

New insights into the phase transformations to isothermal ω and ω-assisted α in near β-Ti alloys

T Li, D Kent, G Sha, LT Stephenson, AV Ceguerra… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
For multicomponent near-β alloys, we have investigated the mechanisms responsible for the
β-to-ω and ω-to-α phase transformations upon isothermal ageing at 573 K. Experimental …

Influence of cooling rate on ω phase precipitation and deformation mechanism of a novel metastable β titanium alloy

K Wang, D Wu, D Wang, Z Deng, Y Tian… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work investigated the effect of cooling rate (water quenching and air cooling) on the
precipitation of ω phase after solution treatment in β-phase region, and its effect on the …

ω phase acts as a switch between dislocation channeling and joint twinning-and transformation-induced plasticity in a metastable β titanium alloy

MJ Lai, T Li, D Raabe - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
We have investigated the twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) and transformation-induced
plasticity (TRIP) as well as the influence of ω phase on these two phenomena in a …

Oxygen effects on ω and α phase transformations in a metastable β Ti–Nb alloy

K Chou, EA Marquis - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxygen is known to have substantial influence on metastable β titanium alloys through
martensite suppression and phase stability changes that significantly affect mechanical …

Selection of α variants during microstructural evolution in α/β titanium alloys

E Lee, R Banerjee, S Kar, D Bhattacharyya… - Philosophical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The solid-state β→ β+ α transformation in titanium alloys leads to complex microstructures
with feature spanning across a range of length scales. In order to develop a better …

β Phase decomposition in Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–3Cr

NG Jones, RJ Dashwood, M Jackson, D Dye - Acta Materialia, 2009 - Elsevier
The decomposition of the β phase during rapid cooling of the near β titanium alloy Ti–5Al–
5Mo–5V–3Cr has been studied using in situ X-ray synchrotron diffraction combined with ex …

Isothermal α ″formation in β metastable titanium alloys

E Aeby-Gautier, A Settefrati, F Bruneseaux… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Thanks to time resolved high energy X-ray diffraction, isothermal decomposition of β
metastable phase was studied, directly after solution treatment in the β temperature range …

Phase stability and stress-induced transformations in beta titanium alloys

RP Kolli, WJ Joost, S Ankem - Jom, 2015 - Springer
In this article, we provide a brief review of the recent developments related to the
relationship between phase stability and stress-induced transformations in metastable body …