简介:CastingtitaniumalloyTC4(ZTC4)afterhotisostaticpressing(HIP)isoneofthepreferredmaterialsinthefieldofaerospacemanufacturing.Inthispaper,HIPZTC4afteralong-termthermalexposurewasinvestigated.Inordertoevaluatethevariationofmechanicalpropertieswithservicetime,thetensilepropertiesofthisalloyafterexposureat400°Cfor100,500,and1,000hwereinvestigated.Microstructureofsampleswasobservedbythemeansofopticalmicroscopy(OM),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),andtransmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM).Tensiletestwascarriedoutunderdifferenttesttemperaturesandfractureappearancewasstudied.Theresultsshowthatthestrengthincreaseswithexposuretimeduetothehardera2(Ti3Al)phaseprecipitatedintheaphaseandsuperficialoxygenlayerformed,whichresultsinthefactthattheresistanceofcrackpropagationcouldbeincreasedandcracksfirstinitiatebetweensurfaceoxidationandthematrix.Besides,thetensiletemperaturealsohasasignificanteffectonthemechanicalpropertiesofHIPZTC4.Theyieldstrengthandtensilestrengthdecreasewiththeincreaseoftensiletemperature,whilethetotalelongationincreases.