High temperature tensile properties and fracture behavior of Y2O3-bearing Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy

In present work, the effect of Y2O3 on tensile properties and fracture behavior of Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb alloy at elevated temperature was investigated. The alloys were successively fabricated by induction skull melting. The results revealed that tensile strength and elongation of the Y2O3-bearing TiAl alloy both improved evidently at elevated temperature. The TiAl-Y2O3 alloy still exhibited considerable mechanical properties with ultimate tensile strength of 587 MPa and elongation of 23.0% at 850 degrees C. Simultaneously, the brittle-ductile transition temperature of the TiAl-Y2O3 alloy reduced about 50 degrees C, which displayed the toughness fracture feature with dimples firstly at 800 degrees C. In addition, Y2O3 could effectively prevent the movement of dislocation and promote the nucleation of deformation twins during tensile testing. The excellent properties could be attributed to the compounding effect of fine lamellar phase, increasing content of. phase and dispersive Y2O3 particles.