Effect of Preliminary Quenching on the Efficiency of Hardening Heat Treatment of Cold-Deformed β-Titanium Alloy TS6

Methods of mechanical testing, metallographic analysis, x-ray diffraction, and back-scattered electron diffraction analysis are used to study β-titanium alloy TS6 wire cold deformed with e = 45%. It is shown that after ageing alloy with a polygonized structure (quenched from 700°C) has better strength properties than with partial recrystallization (quenching from 800°C).