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LOW TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 8AI-IMo-IV TITANIUM ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE WELDMENTS by C. R. DENABURG

Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory

NASA

George C. Mdrshull S’uce Flight Center, Hantsville, Alubdmd

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM X- 53178

LOW TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 8A1-1M0 - l V TITANIUM ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE WELDMENTS

C. R. Denaburg

George C. Marshall Space F l i g h t Center

Huntsv i l le , Alabama

ABSTRACT

The mechanical p r o p e r t i e s of annealed 8A1-1Mo-1V t i t an ium a l l o y s h e e t , 0.063-inch t h i c k , were determined a t temperatures from ambient t o -253°C (-423°F). The a l l o y had h igh s t r e n g t h through the e n t i r e test temperature range. The t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h a t -253°C (-423°F) was approximately 75 percent g r e a t e r than the ambient temperature t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h . The e longat ion decreased from approximately 16 pe rcen t a t ambient temperature t o approximately 8 pe rcen t a t -196°C (-320°F) and t o less than 3 percent a t -253OC (-423°F).

Weldments of 8A1-1Mo-1V t i tan ium t o 6Al-4V t i tan ium were made by u t i l i z i n g t h e TIG process with 6A1-4V t i tan ium a l l o y f i l l e r . weldments were made wi th the e l e c t r o n beam process without f i l l e r wire. Based upon t y p i c a l s t r e n g t h values of 6Al-4V t i t an ium a l l o y , t h e as- welded j o i n t e f f i c i e n c i e s of both types of weldments exceeded 95 pe rcen t over the e n t i r e range of t es t temperatures from ambient t o -253°C (-423°F). over t he t es t temperature range except a t room temperature, where s t r e n g t h s were approximately equal.

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The TIG weldments r e s u l t e d i n s l i g h t l y h igher s t r e n g t h s

NASA - GEORGE C . MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM X-53178

LOW TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 8Al-lM0-1V TITANIUM ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE WELDMENTS

C . R . Denaburg

MATERIALS DIVISION PROPULSION AND VEHICLE ENGINEERING LABORATORY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY .................................................... INTRODUCTION ............................................... EQUIPMENT AND SPECIMEN CONFIGURATION ....................... RESULTS AND D I S C U S S I O N ..................................... CONCLUSIONS ................................................ APPENDIX ................................................... ReFERENCES .................................................

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Low Temperature Mechanical P r o p e r t i e s of 8A1-1Mo-1V Titanium Alloy Sheet (0.063-inch th ick) ............................................. Low Temperature NotchedhJnnotched Tens i l e S t rength Rat io of 8Al-lMo-lV Titanium Alloy Sheet (0.063-inch t h i c k ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Low Temperature Tens i l e S t r eng ths of 8A1-1Mo-1V Titanium Alloy Sheet Welded t o 6A1-4V Titanium Alloy Sheet (0.063-inch th i ck ) ............ Low Temperature Tens i l e S t r eng th of Titanium Alloy 8Al-lMo-lV TIG Weldments, No F i l l e r .......... St ruc tu re of TIG Weldment .......................... St ruc tu re of E lec t ron Beam Weldment ................

LIST OF TABLES

Composition of Titanium Alloys 8A1-1Mo-1V and 6A1-4V ......................................... Low Temperature Mechanical P r o p e r t i e s of 8A1-1Mo-1V Titanium Alloy .......................... Low Temperature Tens i l e S t r eng th of 8 A1-IMo-1V Titanium t o 6A1-4V Titanium Welded J o i n t s .........

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TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM X-53178

LOW TEMPERATURE MECKANICAL PROPERTIES OF 8A1-1M0 - l V TITANIUM ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE WELDMENTS

SUMMARY

The mechanical p r o p e r t i e s of t i t an ium a l l o y 8Al-lMo-lV s h e e t , 0.063-inch t h i c k , were determined a t temperatures from ambient t o -253°C (-423°F). The u l t ima te t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h increased from 158.1 k s i a t ambient temperature t o 279.1 k s i a t -253°C (-423°F). The notched t o unnotched t e n s i l e s t r eng th r a t i o dropped from 0.90 a t ambient temperature t o 0 .81 a t -129°C (-200°F) and decreased sharp ly t o 0 .51 a t -253OC (-423°F). Composite weldments of t i t an ium a l l o y 8Al-lMo-lV t o t i t an ium a l l o y 6A1-4V were made by us ing bo th t h e TIG and e l e c t r o n beam welding processes . 6A1-4V f i l l e r wire; no f i l l e r wire was used wi th the e l e c t r o n beam welding process . J o i n t e f f i c i e n c i e s produced by the TIG process were g r e a t e r than those produced by the e l e c t r o n beam process . I n both cases, however, the j o i n t e f f i c i e n c i e s were above 95 pe rcen t from ambient temperature t o -253°C (-423OF).

The TIG weldments were made w i t h

INTRODUCTION

Titanium a l l o y 8Al-lMo-lV, having an a lpha r i c h - l e a n b e t a s t r u c t u r e , has good f o r g e a b i l i t y and h e a t t reatment q u a l i t i e s and a l s o high s t r e n g t h and r e s i s t a n c e t o c reep a t ambient and h igh temperatures . This a l l o y was developed o r i g i n a l l y f o r j e t engine compressor p a r t s , i . e . , d i s c s , space r s , and b l ades , where high t e n s i l e p rope r t i e s and r e s i s t a n c e t o c reep were of t he utmost importance (Ref. 1).

This i n v e s t i g a t i o n was prompted by the need f o r a d d i t i o n a l low temperature data t o f u l l y eva lua te the performance of t h i s a l l o y over a wide v a r i e t y of environments f o r p o t e n t i a l use i n advanced space v e h i c l e duc t ing , s t r u c t u r a l members, and tank sk ins . The study was l i m i t e d t o t h e low temperature p r o p e r t i e s of the a l l o y i n s h e e t s of 0.063 inch i n th ickness , furnished by the Titanium Metals Corporat ion of America from Heat No. (210) D-3457. I n a d d i t i o n , s i n c e the p r o p e r t i e s of t h i s a l l o y are r epor t ed ly comparable t o the 6A1-4V t i t a n i u m a t room temperature and supe r io r a t e l eva ted temperatures , weldments of 8Al-lMo-lV t o 6A1-4V were prepared f o r eva lua t ion a t low temperatures . TIG ( tungs ten a r c i n e r t gas) weldments u t i l i z i n g 6A1-4V t i t an ium a l l o y f i l l e r and e l e c t r o n beam weldments wi thout a f i l l e r were eva lua ted . welding and t h e welding schedules used are descr ibed i n the Appendix.

Preparat ion of the s h e e t material before

EQUIPMENT AND SPECIMEN CONFIGURATION

The desc r ip t ions of the t e s t i n g equipment and specimen conf igu ra t ion a re repor ted i n r e fe rence 2.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The compositions of t he two t i t an ium a l l o y s inves t iga t ed a re shown i n Table I. The 0.063-inch t h i c k commercial grade shee t was t e s t e d i n the as - rece ivedy s i n g l e 'annealed condi t ion .

The mechanical p r o p e r t i e s of the 8A1-1Mo-1V a l l o y l i s t e d i n Table I1 show the ambient temperature t e n s i l e and y i e l d s t r e n g t h s i n the long i tud ina l d i r e c t i o n t o be 158.1 k s i and 150.0 k s i , r e s p e c t i v e l y , and 279.1 k s i and 258.9 k s i , r e s p e c t i v e l y , a t -253OC (-423%'), which is an inc rease of approximately 75 percent . A comparison of the p r o p e r t i e s i n both the long i tud ina l and t r ansve r se d i r e c t i o n s i s shown i n FIG 1. The percent e longat ion drops gradual ly from 14 pe rcen t a t ambient temper- a t u r e t o 8 .3 percent a t -196OC (-320°F) and decreases sharp ly t o 2 . 7 pe rcen t a t -253°C (-423°F) i n the l o n g i t u d i n a l d i r e c t i o n . The notched t o unnotched t e n s i l e r a t i o s i n d i c a t e a decrease i n toughness wi th a decrease i n temperature (FIG 2 ) . Notch s e n s i t i v i t y i n the long i tud ina l d i r e c t i o n i s n o t q u i t e as severe as t h a t i n the t r ansve r se d i r e c t i o n . However, t he notch s e n s i t i v i t y i n the two d i r e c t i o n s e x h i b i t s a sharp inc rease a t temperatures below -129°C (-200°F).

The 8A1-1Mo-1V shee t , 0.063-inch t h i c k , was TIG welded t o 6A1-4V shee t of the same th ickness us ing 6A1-4V f i l l e r m a t e r i a l . The low temperature t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h s of the composite weldments are shown i n Table 111. The T I G welds, t r ansve r se t o the loading d i r e c t i o n , increased i n t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h from 137.8 k s i a t ambient temperature t o 257.6 k s i a t -253°C (-423°F). (See FIG 3 . ) The average i n c r e a s e i n s t r e n g t h was 29 k s i per 100°F decrease i n temperature w i t h j o i n t e f f i c i e n c i e s i n excess of 95 percent f o r the t e s t ' t e m p e r a t u r e spectrum. The e l e c t r o n beam weldments increased i n t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h from 138.7 k s i a t ambient temperature t o 256.9 k s i a t -253°C (-423°F). J o i n t e f f i - c i e n c i e s of the e l e c t r o n beam weldments were 95 pe rcen t o r above f o r a l l t es t temperatures. Only th ree specimens of t he t o t a l number of weldments t e s t ed f a i l e d i n the fus ion zone; the remainder f a i l e d i n the 6A1-4V a l l o y base m a t e r i a l . Low temperature t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h s of the 8A1-1Mo-1V TIG weldments w i th no f i l l e r added a r e shown i n FIG 4 (Ref. 3) . The s t r e n g t h va lues of composite weldments a r e lower than those from TIG weldments of 8Al-lMo-lV, as would be expected cons ider ing the lower s t r eng th of the 6A1-4V a l l o y .

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Macrostructures and micros t ruc tures of bo th types of weldments are shown i n FIG 5 and 6. The h e a t a f f e c t e d zones common t o t h e TIG weld- ments are shown a t lOOX magnif icat ion i n FIG 5. The two upper micro- s t r u c t u r e s i n FIG 6 show the a lpha r i ch - l ean be ta 8Al-lMo-lV t i t an ium and t h e a lpha be ta 6A1-4V t i t an ium a l l o y shee t materials. The lower mic ros t ruc tu re of t he e l e c t r o n beamweld j o i n t shows t h e same type of t r a n s i t i o n from the h e a t a f f e c t e d zone t o the fus ion zone as i l l u s t r a t e d i n FIG 5; however, t r a n s i t i o n from the base metal through t h e h e a t a f f e c t e d zones t o the fus ion zone occurs i n a much narrower area. P repa ra t ion of the macrostructure and mic ros t ruc tu res shown i n FIG 5 and 6 i s descr ibed i n re ference 4.

CONCLUSIONS

It was determined t h a t t i t an ium a l l o y 8Al-lMo-lV has good mechanical p r o p e r t i e s i n the temperature range of 27°C (80'F) through -129°C (-200'F). The composite TIG weldments u t i l i z i n g 6A1-4V f i l l e r metal and the e l e c t r o n beam weldments r e s u l t e d i n weld e f f i c i e n c i e s g r e a t e r than 95 percen t over t he t e s t temperature range from ambient t o -253°C (-423°F). As determined from the eva lua t ion of t he one h e a t of 8Al-lMo-lV t i t an ium a l l o y , t h i s a l l o y i s no t recommended f o r dynamic load a p p l i c a t i o n s a t l i q u i d n i t rogen and l i q u i d hydrogen temperatures because of t h e low d u c t i l i t y and increased notched s e n s i t i v i t y as measured by pe rcen t e longa t ion and notched t o unnotched t e n s i l e r a t i o , r e s p e c t i v e l y .

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APPENDIX

PREPARATION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS 8A1-1M0 - l V AND 6A1-4V SHEET PRIOR TO WELDING

Degrease by wiping wi th so lven t (a lcohol) Soak i n a l k a l i n e c l eane r f o r 5 minutes (180°F) Immerse i n a water s o l u t i o n of 5 percent "03 and 0.5

Rinse and dry by wiping wi th l i n t - f r e e c l o t h o r t i s s u e percent HF f o r 20 minutes

WELDING SCHEDULE FOR TIG WELDMENTS

Backing p l a t e - S t a i n l e s s s tee l F i l l e r - 1/16-inch diameter 6A1-4V t i tan ium a l l o y Electrode - 3/32-inch diameter t h o r i a t e d tungsten No. 8 metal cup Copper hold down b a r s Volts - 8 Amps - 170 F i l l e r wi re speed - 30 inches/minute Carr iage speed - 18 inches/minute Argon cover flow r a t e - 30 c f h Helium flow r a t e on t r a i l i n g s h i e l d - 6 c f h Helium flow r a t e on backing p l a t e - 50 c fh

WELDING SCHEDULE FOR ELECTRON BEAM WELDMENTS

Machine - Hamilton Zeiss W1-2 E lec t ron Beam Welder

Welding Pass

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COMPOSITION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS 8Al-lMo-lV AND 6A1-4V

T i Alloy C - Fe - A 1 - V - I v b H2 02 N2

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-73 Longi tudinal 188.4 176.8 10.0 141.0 0.79 Tr an sver s e 185.6 1 7 7 . 1 10.5 146.4 0.79

-129 Long i tud ina 1 196.4 194.4 8.0 160.4 0 .81 Transverse 199.0 193.8 9.2 156.7 0.79

-1 96 Longi tud ina 1 243.1 229.3 8 .3 159.9 0.66 Transverse 243.6 226.2 10 .3 137.3 0.56

-253 Longitudinal 279.1 258.9 2 . 7 142.4 0 .51 Transverse 266.4 256.8 1 . 7 136.4 0 .51

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REFERENCES

1. Titanium Metals Corporation of America, P r o p e r t i e s of Ti-8Al-lMo-lV.

2 . Miller , P. C., "Low Temperature Mechanical P r o p e r t i e s of Severa l Aluminum Al loys and Thei r Weldments , I 1 MTP-S&M-M-64-16 , October 1961.

3. Schwartzberg, F. R . , Osgood, S. H . , and Keys, R . D . , Cryogenic Material Data Handbook, F.4.6-3, Prepared under Cont rac t N o . 0 3 3 (657-916) by the Martin Company , Denver , Colorado.

4 . Titanium Meta l lu rg ica l Laboratory, Battelle Memorial I n s t i t u t e , "Metallography of Titanium Alloys," "MI, Report No. 103, May 29, 1956.

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December 11, 1964 APPROVAL TM X-53178

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This r e p o r t , i n i t s e n t i r e t y ,

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C . E . Cataldo Chief , Metallic Materials Branch

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