A review of microstructure and texture evolution during plastic deformation and heat treatment of β-Ti alloys

A Gupta, R Khatirkar, J Singh - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, microstructure and texture evolution during plastic deformation and
annealing treatment of near beta (β), meta-stable β, and stable β-Ti alloys are reviewed. The …

A highly distorted ultraelastic chemically complex Elinvar alloy

QF He, JG Wang, HA Chen, ZY Ding, ZQ Zhou… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The development of high-performance ultraelastic metals with superb strength, a large
elastic strain limit and temperature-insensitive elastic modulus (Elinvar effect) are important …

[HTML][HTML] A novel β-titanium alloy orthodontic wire

HP Chang, YC Tseng - The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
This literature review investigated a recently developed orthodontic wire composed of a β-
titanium alloy known as “Gum Metal” and compared its properties with those of conventional …

Peculiar elastic behavior of Ti–Nb–Ta–Zr single crystals

M Tane, S Akita, T Nakano, K Hagihara, Y Umakoshi… - Acta Materialia, 2008 - Elsevier
The cause of a low Young's modulus was investigated in quaternary β-type Ti–Nb–Ta–Zr
alloys, as the modulus is decreased to prevent bone absorption and degradation of bone …

Deformation mechanism of ω-enriched Ti–Nb-based gum metal: Dislocation channeling and deformation induced ω–β transformation

MJ Lai, CC Tasan, D Raabe - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Gum metal, a class of multifunctional β titanium alloys, has attracted much attention in the
past decade due to its initially-proposed dislocation–free deformation mechanism based on …

Origin of {3 3 2} twinning in metastable β-Ti alloys

H Tobe, HY Kim, T Inamura, H Hosoda, S Miyazaki - Acta materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, the origin of {3 3 2}< 1 1 3¯> twinning, which is a unique twinning mode in
metastable β-Ti alloys, was investigated. The possible twinning modes in metastable β-Ti …

Mechanisms of deformation in gum metal TNTZ-O and TNTZ titanium alloys: A comparative study on the oxygen influence

M Besse, P Castany, T Gloriant - Acta Materialia, 2011 - Elsevier
In this work, Ti–23Nb–0.7 Ta–2Zr (TNTZ) and gum metal Ti–23Nb–0.7 Ta–2Zr–1.2 O (TNTZ-
O) alloys were synthesized by cold crucible levitation melting with the objective of …

Evolution of deformation mechanisms of Ti–22.4 Nb–0.73 Ta–2Zr–1.34 O alloy during straining

Y Yang, SQ Wu, GP Li, YL Li, YF Lu, K Yang, P Ge - Acta Materialia, 2010 - Elsevier
The plastic deformation behavior of Ti–22.4 Nb–0.73 Ta–2Zr–1.34 O alloy was investigated
by compression testing at room temperature. The multi-peak stress oscillations of the true …

Anomalous dislocation core structure in shock compressed bcc high-entropy alloys

L Zhao, H Zong, X Ding, T Lookman - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent studies of complex concentrated alloys suggest unusual dislocation core structure
and motion, thanks to a collective concentration/structural inhomogeneity. Less is known …

“Ideal” engineering alloys

T Li, JW Morris Jr, N Nagasako, S Kuramoto… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
A newly discovered group of alloys, called Gum Metals, approaches ideal strength in bulk
form, exhibits significant plastic deformation prior to failure, and shows no indications of …