EP2674506B1 - Abriebfestes Bauteil aus einer Titanlegierung mit hervorragender Ermüdungsfestigkeit - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wear-resistant titanium alloy member having a hardened layer in the surface layer thereof, so that it has a wear resistance when used in a part to be disposed in contact with, or in a part to be disposed in sliding contact with another member, and exhibits an excellent fatigue strength.
- a titanium alloy which is lightweight and has a high specific strength and an excellent corrosion resistance, is used not only in aircraft applications, but also in other wide applications such as automotive components and consumer products.
- a Ti-6A1-4V alloy excellent in the strength-ductility balance is a representative example thereof.
- an alloy having a property enabling the replacement of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been developed by utilizing inexpensive Fe as an alloying element.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a method of forming an oxide scale on the surface of the member.
- this case may pose a problem such that the oxide scale layer of the member is readily cracked or the surface is liable to have large unevenness due to the separation or the like of the surface scale, and as compared with the case of the member which has not been subjected to such a wear resistance treatment, the fatigue strength of the treated member is greatly reduced.
- Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 and Patent Documents 2, 3 and 8 discloses a technique of adding Si to a titanium alloy so as to improve the creep resistance thereof.
- Si when Si is added thereto in a large amount, Si incapable of forming a solid solution in ⁇ phase or ⁇ phase may produce a titanium silicide, and the silicide may be coarsened during heat treatment thereof or during the use thereof at a high temperature, and become an origin of fatigue failure, so as to cause a reduction in the fatigue strength of the alloy.
- Si may form a solid solution of about 0.2% at 700°C in the binary system of Ti-Si, and Si may form a solid solution of only about 0.1% at 700°C in the ⁇ + ⁇ alloy of Ti-5%Al-2%Fe, although this may vary depending on the amount of constituent element and temperature. Therefore, in the application of the alloy wherein the fatigue strength thereof is required, the amount of Si to be added to the alloy may be limited, for example, to less than 0.25%.
- the Ti-6Al-1.7Fe-0.1Si alloy disclosed in Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 may be an alloy having a high strength and a high rigidity, but the amount of Al to be added thereto is large and therefore, the alloy may be disadvantageously poor in the hot workability. Further, Si is added to the alloy so as to enhance the creep resistance thereof in a high-temperature environment up to 480°C, but the amount of Si to be added to the alloy may be restricted to not more than 0.13%.
- Patent Document 2 discloses an alloy composed of Al: from 4.4% to less than 5.5% and Fe: from 0.5% to less than 1.4%, as an ⁇ + ⁇ type titanium alloy having a stable and less variable fatigue strength, which is equal to that of the conventional Al-Fe-based titanium alloy, and also having a hot workability higher than that of the conventional alloy.
- this document is silent on the fatigue strength in a state of the alloy wherein a wear resistance has been imparted thereto.
- the amount of Si to be added thereto is set to be less than 0.25% for the reason that the fatigue strength is decreased.
- Patent Document discloses 3 an alloy composed of Al: from 4.4% to less than 5.5% and Fe: from 1.4% to less than 2.1%, as a titanium alloy having a fatigue strength equal to that of the conventional Al-Fe-based titanium alloy and having hot or cold workability higher than that of the conventional alloy.
- this document is silent on the fatigue strength in a state of wear resistance being imparted.
- the amount of Si to be added thereto is set to be less than 0.25% for the reason that the fatigue strength is decreased otherwise.
- Patent Document 4 discloses an alloy composed of Al: from 5.5 to 7.0%, Fe: from 0.5 to 4.0% and O: 0.5% or less , as an ⁇ + ⁇ type titanium alloy being industrially producible at a low cost and having a mechanical property equal to or greater than that of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy.
- the hot workability and cold workability thereof may be poor, because of a large amount of Al to be added thereto and further, this alloy may pose a problem such as non-uniformity of characteristics due to the Fe segregation at a high Fe concentration, and a reduction in rigidity as a member due to a decrease in the Young's modulus of the alloy.
- Patent Document 5 discloses a titanium alloy composed of Al: from 5.0 to 7.0%, Fe+Cr+Ni: from 0.5 to 10.0% and C+N+O: from 0.01 to 0.5% and having a melting point of 1,650°C or less, and a tensile strength of 890 MPa or more in the state of an as-cast alloy, as an ⁇ + ⁇ type titanium alloy for casting, having a strength higher than that of Ti-6Al-4V and having an excellent castability.
- This titanium alloy may be an alloy capable of providing a good flowability at the time of melting thereof, and an excellent strength after the solidification, but it may pose a problem that the solidification texture is liable to be coarsened and the fatigue strength thereof may be poor.
- Patent Document 6 discloses a high-strength ⁇ + ⁇ type alloy composed of Al: from 4.4 to 5.5%, Fe: from 1.4 to 2.1%, Mo: from 1.5 to 5.5% and Si: less than 0.1%, and having a strength at room temperature and a fatigue strength, which are equal to or greater than those of Ti-6Al-4V.
- Patent Document 7 discloses an engine valve using this alloy, and a technique of forming a hard layer such as oxide layer in the surface layer of the valve, to thereby enhance the wear resistance.
- the titanium alloy disclosed in Patent Documents 6 and 7 contains a large amount of Mo, which is expensive and subject to great price fluctuation, and therefore, it may be disadvantageously difficult to stably produce the alloy at low cost.
- this titanium alloy contains a large amount of Mo, and accordingly the specific gravity thereof may be higher than that of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, and the Young's modulus thereof may be also equal to that of Ti-6Al-4V alloy, which are insufficient in terms of the effect of reducing the weight of a member requiring rigidity.
- Patent Document 8 discloses a process for producing a titanium alloy valve, and a method of heating a valve of Ti-6Al-4V alloy as an ⁇ + ⁇ type titanium alloy in an atmosphere of nitrogen and oxygen, to thereby oxidize and nitride the surface layer thereof. This intends to enhance the wear resistance in the face part and the surface of the edge part thereof, but the cost may be high because of the use of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and the rigidity and fatigue resistance characteristics thereof may be insufficient.
- Patent Document 9 discloses an alloy having an Al equivalent of 3 to 6.5% and containing at least one complete solid solution-type ⁇ stabilizer in an amount of 2.0 to 4.5% in terms of Mo equivalent and an eutectoid ⁇ -stabilizer in an amount of 0.3 to 2% in terms of Fe equivalent, as a Ti alloy improved in the workability of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy.
- Mo, V, Ta, Nb and the like as the complete solid solution-type ⁇ -stabilizer may be expensive, and accordingly the alloy may pose a problem of high cost.
- Patent Document 10 discloses a heat-resistant alloy composed of ingredients such as Al: from 5.5 to 6.5%, Sn: from 1.5 to 3.0%, Zr: from 0.7 to 5.0%, Mo: from 0.3 to 3.0% and Si: from more than 0.15% to 0.50%.
- the reason why Si is added to the alloy in such a large amount is to improve the creep resistance by envisaging the use thereof in a temperature region of 500 to 600°C or more.
- Sn, Zr and Mo are added each in a large amount so as to obtain high-temperature strength in the temperature region stated above, and the alloy may pose a problem that, in addition to high alloy cost, the hot workability thereof is seriously poor and the production cost thereof is high.
- Zr is an element facilitating the formation of a silicide in the form of (Ti ⁇ Zr) x Si y , and the alloy may pose a problem that the fatigue strength is liable to be reduced.
- the studies in Patent Document 8 on the wear resistance are not thoroughly made and, for example, when a hardened layer is formed as in the case of Patent Document 6 with the aim of enhancing the wear resistance, the fatigue characteristics may be greatly reduced due to the formation of a silicide as described above.
- Patent Document 11 discloses a valve having a hardened layer, which has been obtained by forming a solid solution of oxygen in a low-strength Ti alloy, and also discloses an alloy of Ti-Fe: from 0.04 to 2.40%-O: from 0.08 to 0.20%, as the Ti alloy material,.
- the valve may have a drawback that due to insufficient base metal strength, and the use thereof in the application requiring high strength and high fatigue strength is difficult
- US 5 219 521 discloses an alpha-beta titanium alloy having a good combination of strength and ductility with relatively low cost composition having an oxygen amount of up to 0.25 wt.%.
- a titanium alloy member In order to enhance the wear resistance of a titanium alloy member, for example, it may be considered to subject the surface layer part thereof to a wear resistance treatment of forming a hardened layer by oxidation, nitridation or carbonization. However, when such a wear resistance treatment is performed, there may be posed a problem that the fatigue strength of the member is decreased.
- An object of the present invention is to advantageously solve the problem encountered in the prior art, and to inexpensively provide a wear-resistant titanium alloy member which is superior in fatigue strength, as compared to those of conventional titanium alloys.
- the present inventors have intensively examined the effect on the hot workability by adding, as a strengthening element, Fe which is more inexpensive than V and Mo, and Si exerting a high strengthening ability even when added in a small amount, and the fatigue strength of a titanium alloy, in which a hardened layer containing oxygen in a solid solution state is formed in the surface layer so as to enhance the wear resistance.
- the present inventors have employed a ⁇ -transformation temperature of 1,000°C or less and a proportion of ⁇ phase at 900°C of 40% or more, as the indicator of hot workability for industrial production at low cost.
- the material in general, in the case of forging a billet from an ingot or hot working of a material into a member shape, the material may be heated to a ⁇ -single phase region having high deformability, and during the working the temperature may be decreased to a 2-phase region which is lower than the P transformation temperature.
- the hardened layer containing oxygen in a solid solution state can be formed by a solid solution of oxygen or a solid solution of either one or two elements of nitrogen and carbon together with oxygen which are diffused from the surface by a thermal diffusion method, in the surface layer of a titanium alloy, after the formation thereof into a member shape.
- the present inventors have employed, as the indicator of fatigue strength of a titanium alloy, the condition that when a hardened layer containing oxygen in a solid solution state is formed in the surface layer, the fatigue strength is 360 MPa or more, which is 10% larger than 330 MPa, which is the fatigue strength of conventional Ti-6Al-4V alloy.
- the gist of the present invention resides in the followings.
- the titanium alloy member according to the present invention has wear resistance, fatigue strength and hot workability surpassing those of the conventional titanium alloy, and is also inexpensive. Accordingly, the titanium alloy member according to the present invention can find a wider industrial application as a member in the sliding part such as engine valve and con-rod (or connecting rod) for an automobile than that of the conventional high-strength titanium alloy, and thanks to its lightweight and high-strength characteristics, it is possible to obtain an extensive effect such as improvement of fuel efficiency of an automobile and the like. Further, the titanium alloy member according to the present invention enables widespread utilization, including a member in the sliding part, and its extensive effect can be obtained, so that the industrial effect thereof may be immense.
- the method of evaluating the wear resistance is described below. While a tensile load of 300 MPa was applied in the axis direction of a round bar member, an SCM435 material was caused to collide with the member surface under the conditions of a load of 98 N (10 kgf) and a vibration frequency of 500 Hz, and the wear resistance was evaluated by the presence or absence of a crack on the surface after the application of vibration 1 ⁇ 10 7 times.
- the fatigue strength is described below.
- a test specimen which had been obtained by working a titanium alloy into the test specimen shape, and the specimen was subjected to a wear resistance treatment appearing hereinafter, so as to form a solid solution oxygen-containing hardened layer in the surface layer of a base metal, and then the fatigue strength was evaluated by the breaking strength in 1 ⁇ 10 7 cycles of an Ono's rotary bending fatigue test.
- the fatigue strength may be decreased as compared with that in the case of not having a hardened layer in the surface layer.
- the reason therefor is unclear, but may be presumed that a fine crack is liable to be generated in the surface layer and becomes an origin of fatigue.
- the mechanism of enhancing the fatigue strength with an increase in the amount of Si to be added to the base metal is not necessarily clear. However, if the reason is presumed daringly, the following mechanism may be considered.
- the generation of fatigue failure of a titanium alloy may originate on the surface layer.
- the fracture generation may be originated from such a site.
- the microscopic texture of the surface layer part in the cross-section of a test specimen, where the Si content in the base metal composed of a titanium alloy is 0.25% or more was examined in detail.
- a layer free from silicide was observed in the surface layer part of the base metal where the hardened layer was obtained by forming a solid solution of oxygen.
- the reason for this may be considered that oxygen as an ⁇ stabilizer is intruded from the outer side during an oxidation treatment for forming a hardened layer and causes an increase in the proportion of ⁇ phase and a decrease in the ⁇ phase region, and Si as a ⁇ stabilizer is transferred into a scale or into the inside of the base metal.
- the depth of the layer free from silicide may be smaller than the depth of the oxygen-enriched hardened layer, but may be at least 3 ⁇ m or more from the surface, and this may be considered to be large enough to avoid providing an origin of fatigue crack.
- the silicide may be usually observed as Si enrichment by mapping analysis using EPMA. More specifically, an electron beam analysis by a transmission electron microscope should be performed. In the case of this test specimen having a hardened layer in the surface layer of a base metal composed of a titanium alloy having an Si content of 0.25% or more, the silicide present in the inside of the base metal has been confirmed to have a size of 0.1 ⁇ m or more.
- Si in the surface layer may be diluted to suppress the formation of silicide in the surface layer, so as to provide no origin of fatigue failure, and on the other hand, Si in the base metal may contribute to an enhancement of the strength. This may be considered to cause an effect that the reduction in the fatigue strength is suppressed and the fatigue strength is enhanced.
- the solid solution strengthening ability may be greatly reduced due to an extremely small amount of solid solution Fe in the ⁇ phase, whereas the amount of solid solution Si in the ⁇ phase may be larger than that of Fe and therefore, the reduction in the solid solution strengthening ability may be suppressed. This may be considered to also contribute to the enhancement of fatigue strength.
- the element forming the hardened layer may not be limited to oxygen, and the hardened layer may also be obtained by forming a solid solution of either one or two elements of nitrogen and carbon together with oxygen in the surface layer of a base metal.
- Nitrogen and carbon are, similarly to oxygen, an ⁇ stabilizer forming a solid solution in titanium, and it may be considered that the same mechanism as that for oxygen works in the titanium alloy.
- the content ratio of constituent elements of the base metal and the formation of a solid solution oxygen-containing hardened layer in the surface layer of the base metal are specified.
- Al is an ⁇ stabilizer and the strength of the titanium alloy member may be increased by forming a solid solution in the ⁇ phase, along with an increase in its content.
- the base metal contains Al in an amount of 5.5% or more, the hot workability thereof may be deteriorated.
- the Al content in the base metal is specified to be from 4.5% to less than 5.5%.
- the upper limit of the Al content may preferably be less than 5.3%. Further, the lower limit of the Al content may preferably be 4.8% or more.
- the base metal should contain 1.3% or more of Fe.
- the base metal contains Fe in an amount of 2.3% or more, the segregation may pose a problem when an ingot is intended to be produced as a large ingot.
- the Fe content in the base metal is specified to be from 1.3% to less than 2.3%.
- the upper limit of the Fe content may preferably be less than 2.1%.
- the lower limit of the Fe content may preferably be 1.5% or more, more preferably 1.6% or more.
- Si is a ⁇ stabilizer, and the strength may be increased along with an increase in its content.
- the base metal should contain 0.25% or more of Si.
- the base metal contains Si in an amount of 0.50% or more, the toughness may be reduced.
- the Si content in the base metal is specified to be from 0.25% to less than 0.50%.
- the upper limit of the Si content may preferably be less than 0.45%.
- the lower limit of the Si content may preferably be 0.28% or more.
- the O content in the base metal should be 0.05% or more.
- the base metal contains O in an amount of 0.25% or more, the production of an ⁇ 2 phase may be promoted so as to cause brittleness, or the ⁇ transformation temperature may rise to elevate the heat treatment cost.
- the O content in the base metal is specified to be from 0.05% to less than 0.25%.
- the content may preferably be from 0.08% to less than 0.22%, more preferably from 0.12% to less than 0.20%.
- the hardened layer is obtained by forming a solid solution of either one or two elements of nitrogen and carbon together with oxygen in the surface layer of a base metal.
- Each of oxygen, nitrogen and carbon is an ⁇ stabilizer forming a solid solution in titanium, and it may be considered that, by forming a solid solution in the surface layer, the Si concentration in the surface layer is reduced and the production of silicide is suppressed, to thereby prevent the reduction in the fatigue strength.
- the Vickers hardness of the cross-section of the hardened layer is specified to be 450 HV or more at a depth of 10 ⁇ m from the surface.
- the Vickers hardness may be measured under a load of 10 gf after the mirror-polishing of the cross-section. Since oxygen may be intruded from the surface layer, the hardness of the surface may become the maximum, and as the progresses toward the inside of the base metal, the hardness may be decreased.
- the Vickers hardness at a depth of 10 ⁇ m from the surface of the hardened layer may preferably be HV 450 or more, more preferably HV 500 or more. When the Vickers hardness of the hardened layer is HV 450 or more, the effect of enhancing the wear resistance by providing the hardened layer in the surface layer of a base metal may be more effectively obtained.
- the microscopic structure of the base metal may preferably be a acicular structure.
- a titanium alloy member excellent in the creep resistance may be obtained.
- the member may be reduced in the creep deformation, when a wear resistance treatment such as oxidation treatment to form a hardened layer so as to impart the wear resistance is performed at a high temperature.
- the titanium alloy member according to the present invention can have an excellent fatigue strength and an excellent wear resistance.
- the titanium alloy member according to the present invention can be produced by a process for producing a titanium alloy and a surface treatment method, which may generally be used.
- the steps of a representative embodiment of the process for producing the titanium alloy member according to the present invention are as follows.
- sponge titanium and an alloy material as raw materials are subjected a melting process wherein they are arc-melted or electron beam-melted under vacuum, and cast into a water-cooled copper mold, to thereby obtain an ingot of components for a base metal of the titanium alloy member according to the present invention.
- O is added by using, for example, titanium oxide or sponge titanium having a high oxygen concentration.
- the thus obtained ingot is heated to an ⁇ + ⁇ region or ⁇ region of 950°C or more, then is forged into a billet shape and subjected to surface cutting, and is hot rolled at a heating temperature of 950°C or more, to thereby provide a base metal shaped as a bar material having a diameter of, for example, ⁇ 12 to 20 mm, which is an example of the shape of the titanium alloy member according to the present invention.
- the surface layer of the base metal formed in the shape of the titanium alloy member according to the present invention is subjected to a wear resistance treatment of forming a solid solution of oxygen, or a wear resistance treatment of forming a solid solution of either one or two elements of nitrogen and carbon together with oxygen.
- a wear resistance treatment for example, oxidation, carburization and nitridation by a thermal diffusion method may be used in combination as desired.
- the wear resistance treatment in the case of performing the thermal diffusion method, specifically, for example, it is preferred to use a method of performing a heat treatment where the base metal is held at 700 to 900°C for 1 to 8 hours in an oxygen-containing gas such as air for oxidation, in a nitrogen-containing gas mainly composed of nitrogen for nitridation, or in a carbon-containing gas such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane for carburization.
- an oxygen-containing gas such as air for oxidation
- a nitrogen-containing gas mainly composed of nitrogen for nitridation or in a carbon-containing gas such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane for carburization.
- the base metal formed in the shape of the titanium alloy member is heated at a temperature not less than the P transformation temperature, and then cooled at a rate not less than that of air cooling (i.e., solution treatment).
- solution treatment By performing the solution treatment, an ⁇ phase may be precipitated in the prior ⁇ phase of the base metal, and the microstructure of the base metal may become an acicularstructure. Accordingly, by performing the solution treatment before the wear resistance treatment, the creep deformation in the member can be suppressed during the wear resistance treatment.
- Titanium alloys composed of components of Material Nos. 1 to 12 as shown in the following Table 1 were produced by using a vacuum arc melting method, and each of the alloys was made into an ingot of about 200 kg. Each of these ingots was forged and hot rolled to thereby obtain a round bar of 15 mm in diameter. [Table 1] Material No.
- Each of the Round bars of Material Nos. 1 to 15 was subjected to a solution treatment at a temperature, which was 60°C higher than the ⁇ transformation temperature as shown in Table 2, for 20 minutes, and cooling it by blowing a nitrogen gas into the furnace, to thereby form an acicular structure. Subsequently, the round bar was worked so as to obtain a base metal having a shape of the fatigue test specimen with a parallel part diameter of 4 mm, a parallel part length of 20 mm and a diameter of 15 mm.
- the fatigue test was performed by using an Ono's rotary bending fatigue test under the conditions of a maximum stress of 360 MPa, a stress ratio R of -1, 3,600 rpm, room temperature and 1 ⁇ 10 7 cycles.
- the test specimen was rated "A” when it was not broken until the 1 ⁇ 10 7 -th cycles, and rated "C” when it was broken until that time.
- each of the fatigue test specimen Nos. 1 to 15 was subjected to a measurement for the proportion of ⁇ phase at 900°C of the base metal as follows. A sample which had been cut out from the same material was held at 900°C for 1 hour and then water-cooled, and the areas of the primary ⁇ phase and the transformed ⁇ phase in the micro-structure of the cross-section were measured, whereby the proportion was determined from the ratio therebetween. The results obtained are shown in Table 2.
- each of the hot rolled bar Nos. 1 to 15 was evaluated for workability during hot rolling as follows. That is, the test specimen was rated "A” when the cracking therein was not generated during hot working, and was rated “C” when the cracking therein was generated. The results are shown in Table 2.
- Nos. 1 to 8 are Examples according to the present invention
- Nos. 9 to 15 are Comparative Examples, where any of material components (i.e., constituent elements of the base metal) is outside the range of the present invention.
- the numerical values outside the range of the present invention are underlined.
- the ⁇ transformation temperature was 1,000°C or less
- the proportion of ⁇ phase at 900°C was 40% or more
- the cracking did not occur during the hot working was 360 MPa or more, to thereby show good hot workability and good fatigue strength.
- the round bar of Material No. 5 was subjected to the same solution treatment as that in Example 1 so as to form the microscopic structure thereof into an acicularstructure, and was then worked into the same shape as that in Example 1, to thereby obtain a base metal. Thereafter, the resultant product was subjected to a wear resistance treatment so as to form, in the surface layer of the base metal, a hardened layer containing solid solution of carbon and oxygen, by applying thereto a heat treatment at 770°C for 5 hours in a carbon-containing gas atmosphere, whereby a fatigue test specimen of No. 16 was obtained.
- the round bar of Material No. 5 was subjected to a solution treatment at a temperature, which was 30°C lower than the ⁇ transformation temperature thereof, for 60 minutes, and then was subjected to air-cooling, to thereby form the microscopic structure into a mixed structure composed of prior ⁇ phase and transformed ⁇ phase, and then was worked into the same shape as that in Example 1, to thereby obtain a base metal. Thereafter, the resultant product was subjected to a wear resistance treatment for forming a solid solution oxygen-containing hardened layer in the surface layer of the base metal, by applying thereto an oxidation treatment at 760°C for 1 hour in the air, whereby a fatigue test specimen of No. 18 was obtained.
- a rolled round bar of Ti-6Al-4V alloy was subjected to a solution treatment at a temperature, which was 60°C higher than the ⁇ transformation temperature thereof, for 20 minutes, and then subjected to air-cooling, and then was worked into the same shape as in the case of Example 1, to thereby obtain a base metal. Thereafter, the resultant product was subjected to a wear treatment of forming a solid solution oxygen-containing hardened layer in the surface layer of the base metal, by applying thereto an oxidation treatment at 800°C for 1 hour in the air to thereby obtain a fatigue test specimen of No. 20.
- Test Specimen Nos. 16 to 18 according to the present invention the cracking was not generated.
- Test No. 19 having no hardened layer in the surface and in Test Specimen No. 20 where the components of the base metal were outside the range of the present invention the cracking was generated.
- the round bar of Material No. 5 was subjected to the same solution treatment as in the case of Example 1 so as to make form microscopic structure into an acicular structure, and was worked into the same shape as in the case of Example 1, to thereby obtain a base metal. Thereafter, the resultant product was subjected to a wear resistance treatment for forming a solid solution oxygen-containing hardened layer in the surface layer of the base metal, by applying thereto a heat treatment at the following temperature for the following time in the air.
- test Specimen No. 21 where the heat treatment was performed at 740°C for 1 hour, as shown in Table 4 appearing hereinafter, the Vickers hardness at a depth of 10 ⁇ m was 420 HV.
- Test Specimen No. 22 where the heat treatment was performed at 770°C for 1 hour, the Vickers hardness at a depth of 10 ⁇ m was 470 HV.
- Test Specimen No. 23 where the heat treatment was performed at 800°C for 1 hour, the Vickers hardness at a depth of 10 ⁇ m was 530 HV.
- Test Specimen Nos. 21 to 23 were evaluated for the wear resistance by the above-described evaluation method. Further, each of Test Specimen Nos. 21 to 23 was measured for the amount of wear before and after the evaluation of wear resistance. Further, each of Test Specimen Nos. 21 to 23 was subjected to a fatigue test and evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1. The results obtained are shown in Table 4.
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- Ein verschleißfestes Titanlegierungselement mit ausgezeichneter Ermüdungsfestigkeit, umfassend ein Titanlegierungsgrundmetall, umfassend, in Massen-%, Al: 4,5% oder mehr bis weniger als 5,5%, Fe: 1,3% oder mehr bis weniger als 2,3%, Si: 0,25% oder mehr bis weniger als 0,50% und O: 0,08% oder mehr bis weniger als 0,25%, wobei der Rest Titan und unvermeidbare Verunreinigungen ist und aufweisend in der Oberflächenschicht eine gehärtete Schicht, die Sauerstoff in einem Zustand einer festen Lösung enthält.
- Das verschleißfeste Titanlegierungselement mit ausgezeichneter Ermüdungsfestigkeit nach Anspruch 1, wobei die gehärtete Schicht durch Bilden einer festen Lösung aus entweder einem oder zwei Elementen aus Stickstoff und Kohlenstoff zusammen mit Sauerstoff in der Oberflächenschicht des Grundmetalls erhalten worden ist.
- Das verschleißfeste Titanlegierungselement mit ausgezeichneter Ermüdungsfestigkeit nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei in der gehärteten Schicht die Vickers-Härte des Querschnitts 450 HV oder mehr in einer Tiefe von 10 µm von der Oberfläche beträgt.
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