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Cost-effective titanium alloy powder compositions and method for manufacturing flat or shaped articles from these powders
Cost-effective titanium alloy powder compositions and method for manufacturing flat or shaped articles from these powders
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机译：具有成本效益的钛合金粉末组合物以及由这些粉末制造扁平或成形制品的方法
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The invention relates to the cost-effective manufacture of near-net shape titanium articles from sintered powders containing titanium and all required alloying elements. The cost-effective initial powder composition for subsequent room temperature consolidation and sintering contains: (a) 10-50 wt. % of underseparated titanium powder with ≦500 μm in particle size manufactured from underseparated titanium sponge comprising up to 2 wt. % of chlorine and up to 2 wt. % of magnesium. The underseparated titanium powder costs significantly less than that for fully separated powder of completely reduced sponge; (b) 10-90 wt. % of hydrogenated titanium powder, whereby this powder is a mixture of two hydrogenated powders A and B containing different amount of hydrogen: powder A contains amount of hydrogen in the range of 0.2-1 wt. % and powder B contains amount of hydrogen in the range of 2-3.9 wt. %. The powder with high hydrogen content provides purification of underseparated titanium powder during heat treatment and sintering, while the powder with low hydrogen content provides sufficient strength of green compacts as well as perfect structure and quality of the final sintered article; (c) 0-90 wt. % of standard grade refined titanium powder, and/or 5-50 wt. % of alloying metal powders: master alloys or elemental powders. The method includes (a) mixing said underseparated titanium powder, the C.P. titanium powder, the hydrogenated titanium powders containing different amount of hydrogen, (b) compacting the obtained blend by room temperature consolidation such as die pressing, molding, direct powder rolling, cold isostatic pressing, and/or metal injection molding to density at least 60% of the theoretical density, (c) additional crushing titanium hydride powders into fine fragments during consolidation at the pressure of 400-960 MPa to provide forming a uniform network of fine pores promoting healing effects during sintering, chemical cleaning and refining titanium powders in the compacted articles by heating to 300-900° C. and holding for at least 30 minutes to provide a reaction of Cl, Mg, and oxygen, with hydrogen emitted due to decomposition of titanium hydride, (e) heating in vacuum for sintering in β-phase zone of titanium in the temperature range of 1000-1350° C. and holding for at least 30 minutes, and cooling. The new technology allows the purity and mechanical properties of sintered titanium alloys and the manufacture of near-net shape sintered titanium articles to be controlled by a cost-effective process.
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