JP2012031476A - HIGH STRENGTH α+β TYPE TITANIUM ALLOY PLATE EXCELLENT IN STRENGTH ANISOTROPY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an α+β type titanium alloy plate which is highly strong and is also excellent in strength anisotropy.SOLUTION: The high strength α+β type titanium alloy plate contains 2.0-4.5 mass% of at least one of all proportional solid solution type β stabilizing elements by Mo equivalent, 0.3-2.0 mass% of at least one of eutectoid type β stabilizing elements by Fe equivalent, and over 3 mass% and not more than 5.5 mass% of at least one of α stabilizing elements by Al equivalent, and further contains 0.1-1.5 mass% of Si, 0.01-0.15 mass% of C, and the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities. The average value of an inclination angle formed by a normal of (0001) surface of an α phase and a normal of a rolling surface is equal to or smaller than 60°, and the area ratio of the α phase for which the inclination angle is equal to or larger than 70° to the entire α phase is equal to or lower than 40%.

Description

  The present invention relates to a high strength α + β type titanium alloy plate excellent in strength anisotropy and a method for producing a high strength α + β type titanium alloy plate.

  Titanium alloys are lightweight and excellent in strength, toughness, and corrosion resistance, and have recently been widely put into practical use mainly in the fields of aircraft industry and chemical industry. On the other hand, a titanium alloy is a metal material with poor workability, and has a major drawback that the manufacturing cost for forming is very high compared to other processing materials. For example, Ti-6Al-4V alloy, which is representative of α + β type titanium alloy, is a difficult-to-process material and has poor room temperature workability, and it is very difficult to form a titanium alloy plate by cold working. This is the actual situation.

  Therefore, in order to process the Ti-6Al-4V alloy into a plate shape, a method called pack rolling is employed. In this pack rolling method, Ti-6Al-4V alloy plates once processed by hot rolling are stacked in a plurality of layers and placed in a mild steel storage box (pack) so as not to fall below a predetermined temperature. This is a method of forming a desired thin plate by hot rolling while keeping the temperature. However, this pack rolling requires a mild steel cover and pack welding for manufacturing the pack, and in order to prevent diffusion bonding between the titanium alloy plates, a release agent is applied to the surface of the titanium alloy plates to be overlapped. Since the workability is extremely poor compared to cold rolling and requires a great amount of cost, and furthermore, the temperature range suitable for hot rolling is limited to around 700 ° C, There are various problems such as many restrictions on processing such as heating temperature and heating time.

  For such a situation, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 specify the contents of Al, V and Mo in the titanium base material, and at least one alloy selected from Fe, Ni, Co and Cr There is a proposal that by including an appropriate amount of elements, a titanium alloy having strength similar to that of Ti-6Al-4V alloy and superior to Ti-6Al-4V alloy in superplastic workability and hot workability can be obtained. Has been made.

  Moreover, as patent document 3 and patent document 4, while reducing Al content to a 1.0-4.5% level, V content is 1.5-4.5%, Mo content is 0.1-0.1%. By prescribing 2.5% or containing a small amount of Fe or Ni, the cold rolling property is improved while maintaining high strength, and the weldability (particularly the strength of the heat affected zone) is also improved. Proposals for titanium alloys have been made.

  Such a titanium alloy is excellent in that it has both cold workability and high strength and has improved weldability, but on the other hand, it can ensure excellent cold workability. Necessary, since the deformation resistance during plastic working is suppressed, the strength is low, and although high strength is described, it is the limit to ensure about 784 MPa with 0.2% proof stress after annealing, It was impossible to increase the strength beyond that, and for example, it was almost impossible to manufacture a coil.

  A titanium alloy developed for the purpose of solving such problems is the invention described in Patent Document 5 previously proposed by the present applicant. This titanium alloy is an α + β type titanium alloy, and its component composition is at least one of the solid solution type β stabilizing elements of 2.0 to 4.5% by mass in Mo equivalent, eutectoid type β stabilizing element. And containing at least one of these in an Fe equivalent of 0.3 to 2.0 mass%, further containing Si: 0.1 to 1.5 mass%, and C: 0.01 to 0.15 mass%, The Al equivalent is more than 3% by mass and 5.5% by mass or less.

  By using an α + β-type titanium alloy having such a component composition, the 0.2% yield strength after annealing can be about 813 MPa or more, the tensile strength can be about 882 MPa or more, and the critical cold rolling rate can be about 40% or more. Manufacturing has become possible. From the industrial viewpoint, the critical cold rolling rate means that even if a slight crack occurs, the crack starts to progress from the state where the crack stops to a certain extent (for example, about 5 mm) to the surface of the plate. This indicates the limit thickness reduction rate, and is frequently used in the following description of the present invention.

  However, when this α + β-type titanium alloy is processed into a titanium alloy plate by cold rolling, the difference in strength between the L direction (the rolling direction of the plate) and the T direction (the vertical direction of rolling of the plate) may appear very markedly. In many cases, it has been a conventional problem to develop a technique capable of reliably obtaining a titanium alloy plate having improved strength anisotropy using an α + β type titanium alloy having this component composition.

JP-A-3-274238 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-166350 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-54081 JP-A-7-54083 Japanese Patent No. 3297027

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide an α + β-type titanium alloy plate having high strength and excellent strength anisotropy.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, at least one of the solid solution type β-stabilizing elements is 2.0 to 4.5% by mass in Mo equivalent, and at least one of the eutectoid β-stabilizing elements is Fe equivalent. 0.3 to 2.0% by mass, containing at least one kind of α-stabilizing element in an Al equivalent of more than 3% by mass and not more than 5.5% by mass, and further containing Si in an amount of 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, C Is an α + β type titanium alloy plate containing 0.01 to 0.15% by mass with the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities, and the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal of the rolled surface The average value of the inclination angle is 60 ° or less, and the α phase having the inclination angle of 70 ° or more has an excellent area of 40% or less in the area ratio of all α phases. It is a high strength α + β type titanium alloy plate.

  Invention of Claim 2 is a manufacturing method of the high intensity | strength alpha + beta type titanium alloy plate of Claim 1, Comprising: From the titanium alloy ingot which has a composition of Claim 1, it is a piece rolling, hot rolling, The titanium alloy plate is manufactured in the order of intermediate annealing, cold rolling, and final annealing, and the hot rolling start temperature is set to a temperature exceeding Tβ and 1300 ° C. or less. This is a method for producing a high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy plate excellent in directionality.

  According to the present invention, an α + β type titanium alloy plate having high strength and excellent strength anisotropy can be obtained. Furthermore, in addition to the excellent durability inherent in titanium, in addition to high mechanical strength, it has excellent strength anisotropy, so in addition to aircraft members, plate materials for heat exchangers, Ti golf head materials It can be widely applied to various uses such as various wire rods, rods, mountain climbing equipment and fishing goods.

It is a reference figure which shows the inclination angle which the normal line of (0001) plane of alpha phase and the normal line of a rolling surface make.

  The present inventors use the high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy described in Patent Document 5, and there is little difference in strength between the L direction (the rolling direction of the plate) and the T direction (the vertical direction of rolling of the plate). In order to develop a technology related to α + β-type titanium alloy plates that can reliably obtain titanium alloy plates with improved isotropic properties, we have been diligently experimenting and researching. As a result, the strength anisotropy of the titanium alloy sheet can be improved by appropriately controlling the inclination angle (θ shown in FIG. 1) formed by the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal of the rolled surface. The headline, the present invention has been completed.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments. In the present invention, in addition to the component composition of the titanium alloy plate, the average value of the inclination angle formed between the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface, and the area of the α phase where the inclination angle is 70 ° or more The ratio is defined, but first, the component composition will be described.

(At least one of all solid solution type β-stabilizing elements is 2.0 to 4.5% by mass in terms of Mo)
The total solid solution type β stabilizing element represented by Mo increases the volume ratio of the β phase and contributes to the increase in the strength of the titanium alloy by forming a solid solution in the β phase. In addition, it has the property of easily forming a fine equiaxed crystal structure by dissolving in a titanium base material, and is an element useful for securing an excellent balance between strength and ductility. In order to effectively exert the effect of such a solid solution type β-stabilizing element, it is necessary to contain 2.0% by mass or more, more preferably 2.5% by mass or more in terms of Mo equivalent. On the other hand, if the content is too large, the ductility after β annealing will decrease, the corrosion resistance will increase, and the oxygen scale called α scale, which is generated at the time of final annealing after cold rolling, will be dissolved in oxygen. It becomes difficult to remove gold, not only hinders workability, but also increases the density of the entire titanium alloy and impairs the properties of the high specific strength that the titanium alloy should originally have. And 4.5 mass% or less, more preferably 3.5 mass% or less.

  In addition, although Mo can be mentioned as a typical element as a total solid solution type | mold beta stabilization element, As a full percentage solid solution type | mold beta stabilization element which has the effect similar to Mo, V, Ta, Nb etc. can also be mentioned. When V, Ta, Nb or the like is contained as the total solid solution type β-stabilizing element, the Mo equivalent that can be obtained from [Mo + 1 / 1.5 · V + 1/5 · Ta + 1 / 3.6 · Nb] is It is necessary to adjust so that it may become the range of 2.0-4.5 mass%.

(At least one eutectoid β-stabilizing element is 0.3 to 2.0% by mass in terms of Fe)
The eutectoid β-stabilizing element typified by Fe can increase the strength of the titanium alloy with a small amount of addition, and has an effect of improving hot workability. The reason for this is not clear, but it is possible to improve the cold workability especially when Fe coexists with Mo. In order to effectively exert the effect of such a eutectoid β-stabilizing element, it is necessary to contain the eutectoid β-stabilizing element in an Fe equivalent of 0.3% by mass or more, more preferably 0.4% by mass or more. is there. On the other hand, if the content is too large, the ductility after β annealing is greatly reduced, and segregation during ingot production becomes prominent and the quality stability is hindered. And 2.0 mass% or less, more preferably 1.5 mass% or less.

  As eutectoid β-stabilizing elements, Fe can be mentioned as a representative element, but as eutectoid β-stabilizing elements having the same effect as Fe, Cr, Ni, Co, Mn, etc. Can be mentioned. When Cr, Ni, Co, Mn, etc. are contained as the eutectoid β stabilizing element, it can be obtained from [Fe + 1/2 · Cr + 1/2 · Ni + 1 / 1.5 · Co + 1 / 1.5 · Mn]. It is necessary to adjust so that the Fe equivalent can be in the range of 0.3 to 2.0 mass%.

(At least one kind of α-stabilizing element is more than 3% by mass and 5.5% by mass or less in terms of Al equivalent)
The α-stabilizing element typified by Al is an element that contributes to improving the strength of the titanium alloy. If the content thereof is 3% by mass or less in terms of Al equivalent, the titanium alloy becomes insufficient in strength. In view of the balance between strength and cold workability, the more preferable lower limit of the Al equivalent of the α-stabilizing element is 3.5% by mass. On the other hand, if the content exceeds 5.5% by mass, the critical cold rolling rate is lowered, the cold workability is lowered, and it is necessary to increase the number of cold rolling and annealing until rolling to a predetermined thickness. And cost increases.

  As the α-stabilizing element, Al can be exemplified as a representative element, but examples of the α-stabilizing element that exhibits the same effect as Al include Sn and Zr. When Sn, Zr, etc. are contained as an α-stabilizing element, the Al equivalent that can be obtained from [Al + 1/3 · Sn + 1/6 · Zr] is in the range of more than 3% by mass and less than 5.5% by mass. Need to be adjusted.

(0.1 to 1.5% by mass of Si)
Titanium alloys that meet the requirements for the above-mentioned solid solution β-stabilizing element, eutectoid β-stabilizing element, and α-stabilizing element have excellent cold workability with a critical cold rolling rate of about 40% or more. Although it is an α + β type titanium alloy, the strength characteristics and weldability are not necessarily sufficient as they are, and desired characteristics can be satisfied by further containing 0.1 to 1.5 mass% of Si.

  That is, Si has an effect of improving the strength characteristics with little adverse effect on the cold-rollability of the α + β-type titanium alloy, and also exhibits an effect of improving the strength and ductility of the weld heat affected zone. In order to exhibit these actions more effectively, as described above, it is necessary to contain Si in a very limited range of 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, and the Si content is 0. When the amount is less than 1% by mass, the strength tends to be insufficient, and the effect of improving the strength-ductility balance of the welded portion becomes insufficient. On the other hand, when the Si content exceeds 1.5% by mass, the cold-rollability becomes poor. The lower limit value of the Si content is more preferably 0.2% by mass, and the upper limit value is 1.0% by mass.

(C is 0.01 to 0.15% by mass)
C has the effect of further improving the strength characteristics while maintaining the excellent ductility of the α + β type titanium alloy, and the weld heat-affected zone has the effect of remarkably increasing the strength while causing a slight decrease in ductility. Thus, the strength and ductility of the titanium alloy base material are further enhanced by such an effect of addition of C, and the strength and ductility of the weld heat affected zone can be further increased.

  In order to exhibit the above effect more effectively, it is necessary to contain C in an extremely limited range of 0.01 to 0.15% by mass, and the C content is less than 0.01% by mass. If so, the strength will be insufficient. On the other hand, if the C content exceeds 0.15% by mass, the cold-rollability is impaired due to the remarkable precipitation hardening of carbides such as TiC. The lower limit value of the C content is more preferably 0.02% by mass, and the upper limit value is 0.12% by mass.

(O is 0.07 to 0.25% by mass)
In the present invention, by adding a small amount of O (oxygen) in addition to the Si and C described above, the strength characteristics can be further improved without adversely affecting the excellent ductility of the α + β type titanium alloy. Therefore, it is preferable. In order to exhibit the above effect more effectively, it is necessary to contain O in an amount of 0.07% by mass or more, more preferably 0.1% by mass or more. On the other hand, if the O content is too large, the cold workability is lowered, and the ductility is also lowered due to an excessive increase in strength. Therefore, the O content is 0.25% by mass or less, more preferably It is necessary to stop at 0.18% by mass or less.

  In the present invention, an appropriate amount of Si and C in an α + β type titanium alloy containing an appropriate amount of a solid solution type β stabilizing element, a eutectoid β stabilizing element, and an α stabilizing element according to the requirements stipulated in the present invention, Furthermore, the reason why the above-described effects are exhibited by containing an appropriate amount of O has not been clearly clarified, but the reasons described below are conceivable.

  That is, the reason why the strength characteristics can be improved without impairing the cold-rolling property by containing an appropriate amount of Si is that Si is a solid inhibitor in the β phase and contributes to the improvement of the strength. In addition, even if Si is contained beyond the solid solubility limit, the Si concentration in the β phase is kept below a certain value by forming silicide. Therefore, it is considered that if the Si content is suppressed in a range where the ductility is not hindered by excessive generation of silicide, the strength characteristics can be enhanced while maintaining high ductility.

  Furthermore, when an appropriate amount of Si is contained, the coarseness of the crystal structure in the weld heat affected zone is suppressed by the silicide formed in the β phase, and Ti is trapped by the precipitation of the silicide and the β phase is stabilized. However, it is considered that the residual β phase increases due to the transformation inhibiting action of the solute Si, and these effects combine to improve the weldability.

  C also dissolves in the α phase and contributes to improving the strength, but it does not become a significant hindrance to the ductility of the α phase. Moreover, even if C exceeding the solid solubility limit is contained, the C concentration in the α phase is kept below a certain value by forming carbide. Therefore, if the C content is suppressed in a range where the ductility is not hindered by excessive carbide generation, it is considered that the strength characteristics can be enhanced while maintaining high ductility.

  Si and C exhibit the effect of increasing the heat resistance of the titanium alloy in addition to the above-described effects.

  Further, O dissolves in both the α phase and the β phase and exerts a solid solution strengthening action. However, if the amount of the solid solution increases in any phase, the ductility is inhibited, so the content thereof is in the range described above. Should be kept to a minimum, that is, a very small amount.

  In the titanium alloy described above, impurity elements other than the elements described above may be inevitably mixed, but a trace amount of these unavoidable impurity elements is allowed as long as the characteristics are not impaired. Further, in order to provide other characteristics while maintaining the above characteristics, it is possible to positively contain these inevitable impurity elements if necessary. As elements that do not cause any problems even if they are positively contained, platinum group elements (Pb, Ru, Ir, In, etc .: preferably about 0.03 to 0.2% by mass) exhibiting an effect of improving corrosion resistance, heat resistance P (preferably about 0.05% by mass or less) exhibiting an improvement effect, N (preferably about 0.03% by mass or less) exhibiting a strength improvement effect, and the like can be exemplified.

  The α + β type titanium alloy having the component composition described above has excellent ductility while having a high level of strength characteristics, and further has excellent characteristics in weldability. Specifically, α + β The 0.2% yield strength after annealing in the temperature range is about 813 MPa or more, the tensile strength is about 882 MPa or more, and the critical cold rolling rate is about 40% or more.

  However, when this high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy is processed into a titanium alloy plate by cold rolling, the difference in strength between the L direction (the rolling direction of the plate) and the T direction (the vertical direction of rolling of the plate) appears extremely remarkably. In many cases, simply by using an α + β type titanium alloy having such a component composition, a titanium alloy plate with improved strength anisotropy cannot be reliably obtained. Therefore, in the present invention, the average value of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase of the α + β type titanium alloy sheet and the normal line of the rolled surface, and the total α of the α phase whose inclination angle is 70 ° or more. By defining the area ratio in the phase, the strength anisotropy of the high strength α + β type titanium alloy plate was improved.

(Average value of the inclination angle between the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal of the rolled surface)
In a titanium alloy plate, if the inclination angle between the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal of the rolled surface is too large, the L direction (the rolling direction of the plate) and the T direction (the vertical direction of rolling of the plate) In particular, the strength in the L direction is significantly lower than that in the T direction, and as a result, the difference in strength appears extremely remarkably and the strength anisotropy increases. In the present invention, it is a requirement that the average value of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is 60 ° or less. A preferable upper limit is 55 °, and a more preferable upper limit is 50 °.

  In the present invention, the lower limit of the average value of the inclination angles formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is not particularly limited. However, when the lower limit is set under normal mass production conditions in which the rolling directions of the partial rolling, hot rolling, and cold rolling are all in the same direction, the lower limit is about 30 °.

(Area ratio of the α phase with an inclination angle of 70 ° or more in the total α phase)
In addition, even if the average value of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is 60 ° or less, the area of the α phase having the inclination angle of 70 ° or more in the total α phase. If the rate is too large, the strength in the T direction increases, but conversely the L direction decreases and the strength anisotropy increases. In the present invention, it is a requirement that the area ratio of the α phase having an inclination angle of 70 ° or more in all α phases is 40% or less. A preferable upper limit is 30%, and a more preferable upper limit is 20%.

  On the other hand, the lower limit of the area ratio of the α phase having an inclination angle of 70 ° or more in all α phases is not particularly defined in the present invention, and may be 0%.

(Production conditions)
Next, the manufacturing method of the (alpha) + (beta) type titanium alloy plate of this invention is demonstrated. Ordinary titanium alloy sheets are manufactured by performing blasting and pickling treatment at any time between each process of block rolling → hot rolling → intermediate annealing → cold rolling → final annealing.

  The present inventors diligently studied the production conditions for producing the titanium plate of the present invention, and by adopting the production conditions shown below, the high strength α + β excellent in strength anisotropy intended in the present invention was obtained. It was confirmed that a type titanium alloy plate could be manufactured reliably.

  Although the production conditions are the same as the conventional conditions for the batch rolling, cold rolling, and final annealing, the hot rolling start temperature is higher than the conditions conventionally adopted, that is, The temperature exceeds Tβ.

  More specifically, the α + β-type titanium alloy plate of the present invention is obtained by rolling the ingot at Tβ or more (forging or rolling) to obtain a rolled slab, and then heating the slab to a temperature range exceeding Tβ. And hot rolling. Then, it anneals in the temperature range of 600 degreeC-T (beta), performs a descaling process, and obtains a hot-rolled material. In cold rolling using the hot-rolled material, an operation of annealing in a temperature range of 600 ° C. to Tβ is repeatedly performed with a rolling reduction of about 40% or less as a guideline to obtain a predetermined plate thickness. Then, final annealing is performed in a temperature range of about 600 ° C. to (Tβ-170 ° C.). The annealing may be either a batch type or a continuous type.

  Conventional hot rolling is performed by heating the rolled slab to an α + β temperature range of Tβ or less (usually around [Tβ-30 ° C.] ± 20 ° C.). This is because, in order to obtain an equiaxed structure excellent in workability, generally, hot rolling at Tβ or less is required. However, as a result of the study by the present inventors, the α + β type titanium alloy sheet structure of the present invention as described above is obtained by performing the hot rolling after heating to a temperature higher than the conventional temperature, that is, a temperature exceeding Tβ. I found out that I could do it. If the heating temperature during hot rolling is Tβ or less, that is, a relatively low temperature range as in the prior art, the average inclination angle of the α phase exceeds 60 °, and the area ratio of the α phase with the inclination angle of 70 ° or more also exceeds 40%. As a result, the strength anisotropy is greatly increased. On the other hand, the upper limit of the hot rolling temperature is not particularly defined from the viewpoint of the above-described structure control, but if it is heated too much, the surface of the slab is oxidized too much and production problems such as a decrease in yield may occur. Therefore, the temperature is set to 1300 ° C. or lower.

  Incidentally, Tβ is a β transformation point, which is about 970 ° C. in the α + β type titanium alloy plate of the present invention, although it depends on the component composition of the α + β type titanium alloy plate.

  EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. However, the present invention is not limited by the following examples, and the present invention is implemented with appropriate modifications within a range that can meet the gist of the present invention. These are all included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In this example, first, Ti-4.5Al-2Mo-1.6V-0.5Fe-0.3Si-0.03C satisfying the component composition of the present invention was obtained by CCIM (Cold Crucible Induction Melting Method) (all A titanium alloy ingot made of (mass%) was cast. The size of the ingot is a cylindrical shape of φ100 mm and is about 10 kg. This ingot was used for ingot rolling, and then allowed to cool to obtain a plate-like ingot rolled material having a thickness of 75 mm and a width of 100 mm. Furthermore, hot rolling was performed immediately after heating to the hot rolling start temperature shown in Table 1, scale removal was performed, and a hot rolled sheet having a thickness of about 4.5 mm was obtained.

  Next, after repeating the annealing process of heating at 850 ° C. for 3 minutes and then air cooling in an atmospheric furnace, removing the scale, and cold rolling at a cold rolling rate of 30%, the process was repeated three times, and then in the atmospheric furnace. Then, annealing treatment (final annealing) was performed under the conditions shown in Table 1 (annealing temperature, annealing time), scale removal was performed, and a 1.0 mm thick titanium alloy plate was manufactured.

  In this example, observation and measurement of the metal structure of each manufactured titanium alloy plate and evaluation of strength anisotropy were performed as follows.

<Average value of the inclination angle between the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface, the area ratio of the α phase with the inclination angle of 70 ° or more in the total α phase>
In this example, the measurement of each of the above parameters was performed on a field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) (manufactured by JEOL Ltd., JSM5410) on a back-scattered electron diffraction image (Electron Back Scattered). : EBSP) system mounted crystal orientation analysis method. This measurement method was used because the EBSP method has higher resolution than other measurement methods and can perform measurement with high accuracy. First, the measurement principle will be described.

  In the EBSP method, an electron beam is irradiated onto a sample set in a lens barrel of FESEM to project EBSP on a screen. This is taken with a high-sensitivity camera and captured as an image on a computer. The orientation of the crystal is determined by analyzing this image and comparing it with a pattern obtained by simulation using a known crystal system. The calculated crystal orientation is recorded as a three-dimensional Euler angle together with position coordinates (x, y) and the like. Since this process is automatically performed for all measurement points, data of tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of points can be obtained at the end of measurement.

  Thus, the EBSP method has a wider field of view than the X-ray diffraction method or the electron beam diffraction method using a transmission electron microscope, and can provide various information on hundreds of crystal grains for several hours. There are advantages you can get within. In addition, since the specified region is scanned at a fixed interval instead of the measurement for each crystal grain, there is an advantage that each of the above-mentioned information regarding the above-described many measurement points covering the entire measurement region can be obtained. Details of the crystal orientation analysis method in which the EBSP system is mounted on these FESEMs are described in Kobe Steel Technical Report / Vol. 52 no. 2 (Sep. 2002) P66-70 and the like.

  The average value of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface, and the area ratio of the α phase with the inclination angle of 70 ° or more in the total α phase were obtained from this measurement. For these measurements, as described above, using the crystal orientation analysis method in which the EBSP system is mounted on the FESEM, the surface is parallel to the surface of the titanium alloy plate and is a 1/4 t portion in the plate thickness direction. This was done by measuring the texture. Specifically, the surface of the rolled surface of the titanium alloy plate was mechanically polished, followed by buffing and then electrolytic polishing to prepare a sample whose surface was adjusted. Then, the measurement by EBSP was performed using FESEM (JEOL JSM 5410) by JEOL. The measurement area was an area of 300 μm × 300 μm, and the measurement step interval was 0.5 μm. As the EBSP measurement / analysis system, EBSP: OIM (Orientation Imaging Microscopy) manufactured by TSL was used.

  In the present invention, basically, those whose orientation misalignment is within ± 15 ° from each crystal orientation belong to the same crystal orientation, and when the misalignment between adjacent crystals exceeds 15 °, It was defined as the grain boundary.

  With such a measurement method, the orientation of all crystal grains of the α phase and β phase within the measurement range is individually identified, and the average of the inclination angles formed by the normal of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal of the rolled surface The area ratio of the α phase having an inclination angle of 70 ° or more to the total α phase was determined.

(Observation and measurement of metal structure of titanium alloy plate)
A test piece is collected from each manufactured titanium alloy plate, the rolled surface of this test piece is mechanically polished, then buffed, and then subjected to electrolytic polishing in the thickness direction from the rolled surface of the titanium alloy plate. It adjusted so that the crystal structure of the position of a board thickness 1/4 could be observed, and the surface (1/4 part) of each electropolished test piece was observed by the above-mentioned measurement.

  The average value of the inclination angle formed between the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is obtained by calculating the inclination angle of the α phase at each measurement point in the measurement area, and then the average value of all measurement points. Was calculated. Further, the area ratio of the α phase having an inclination angle of 70 ° or more to the total α phase was obtained by dividing the number of measurement points having an inclination angle of 70 ° or more at each measurement point in the measurement area by the total number of measurement points.

(Measurement of tensile strength)
About the tensile strength (TS) of a titanium alloy board, it calculated | required by implementing a tensile test by the method based on STEM E8M. The tensile test was performed in two directions, the L direction (rolling direction of the test piece) and the T direction (vertical rolling direction of the test piece), respectively, and the tensile strength (TS) in the L direction and the T direction was obtained. The strength anisotropy was obtained from a calculation formula (tensile strength in the T direction) / (tensile strength in the L direction) using the tensile strength (TS) in the L direction and the T direction. In this example, a sheet having an obtained strength anisotropy of 1.2 or less was evaluated as an α + β-type titanium alloy plate excellent in strength anisotropy, and was regarded as acceptable.

The test results are shown in Table 1.

  The examples are all titanium alloy plates produced using a titanium alloy ingot that satisfies the composition of the present invention. 1-4 are invention examples that satisfy the production requirements of the present invention in which the hot rolling start temperature is Tβ (970 ° C.) or higher. 5 to 7 are comparative examples that do not satisfy the production requirements of the present invention in which the hot rolling start temperature is Tβ (970 ° C.) or lower.

  As a result, no. In the inventive examples 1 to 4, the average value of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is 60 ° or less, and all α phases of the α phase have an inclination angle of 70 ° or more. It was possible to produce a titanium alloy plate that satisfies the requirement of the present invention that the area ratio in the area is 40% or less. On the other hand, no. In the comparative examples of 5 to 7, the average value of the inclination angle between the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface exceeds 60 °, and the total α of the α phase has an inclination angle of 70 ° or more. As a result, the area ratio in the phase exceeded 40%.

  The strength anisotropy obtained from the tensile test was No. In the inventive examples 1 to 4, the pass judgment condition of the α + β type titanium alloy plate excellent in strength anisotropy of 1.2 or less was satisfied. In the comparative examples of 5-7, it exceeded 1.2 and was not able to satisfy the pass criteria.

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At least one of the solid solution type β-stabilizing elements is 2.0 to 4.5% by mass in terms of Mo, and at least one of the eutectoid type β-stabilizing elements is 0.3 to 2.0% by mass in terms of Fe. %, At least one kind of α-stabilizing element is contained in an Al equivalent of more than 3% by mass and 5.5% by mass or less, Si is further 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, and C is 0.01 to 0.15%. A high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy plate containing mass% and the balance being Ti and inevitable impurities,
The average of the inclination angle formed by the normal line of the (0001) plane of the α phase and the normal line of the rolled surface is 60 ° or less, and the area of the α phase in which the inclination angle is 70 ° or more occupies in all α phases A high strength α + β type titanium alloy plate excellent in strength anisotropy, characterized in that the rate is 40% or less. A method for producing a high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy plate according to claim 1,
From the titanium alloy ingot having the composition according to claim 1, the titanium alloy plate is manufactured in the order of partial rolling, hot rolling, intermediate annealing, cold rolling, and final annealing,
A method for producing a high-strength α + β-type titanium alloy plate excellent in strength anisotropy, characterized in that the starting temperature of the hot rolling exceeds the β transformation point temperature (Tβ) and is 1300 ° C. or lower.

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