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Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceMechanical Behavior Of MaterialsMetallurgyPhase TransformationsAlloysDeformation MechanismsDislocation MechanicsMetalsMicrostructure EvolutionPlastic DeformationDeformationMartensite FormationMetastable Alloy PhasesStrain-induced TransformationStress-induced Phase TransformationTitanium AlloysTitanium MetallurgyTwinning
Abstract : The deformation characteristics of the metastable beta alloy Ti-11. 5Mo-6Zr-4.5Sn (Beta III) have been studied. In the range -196 to +150C, Beta III deforms primarily by mechanical twinning and to a lesser extent by slip and stress-induced orthorhombic martensite formation.