根据钛合金吸氢的热力学性质,通过管式氢处理炉,在不同的温度条件下利用连续多步吸氢法进行Ti600合金的吸氢热力学试验,建立不同温度条件下的PCT热力学曲线。研究结果表明:Ti600合金吸氢的平衡氢压随氢含量和温度的增加而增加,在较低温度下,PCT曲线存在一个很短的平台;当吸入Ti600合金中的氢超过其溶解度时,生成氢化物相,氢在氢化物相中的溶解度与其平衡氢压满足Sieverts’定律;根据Van’t Hoff定律,近α型的Ti600合金中αH→氢化物相变的焓变和熵变分别为-55.99 k J/mol和-131.585 J/(K·mol)。
Microstructural evolution and phase transformation of hydrogenated and dehydrogenated TC21 alloys were investigated by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). XRD peaks ofαandβphases after hydrogenation shifted to low angle because of lattice expansion with the solution of hydrogen atoms. Microstructure of TC21 alloy after hydrogenation changed apparently. Compared to the as-received one, the contrasts of equiaxedαphase and transformedβphase under optical microscope were reversed. In addition, XRD and TEM analyses revealed that hydrides and α′ martensite precipitated fromαandβphases. Bulk of twins and some Ti3Al particles were observed in hydrogenated TC21 alloy, which means that hydrogen led to the redistribution of alloying elements inαandβphase. After dehydrogenation, the microstructure of TC21 alloy was similar to that of the as-received one, which consisted ofαandβphases.