Explosive cladding, a solid-state welding technique was used to fabricate dissimilar joints between Ti-5Ta-2Nb alloy and 304L austenitic stainless steel. To remove the residual stresses and improve the ductility of the 'as clad' joints, further heat treatments were carried out in the temperature range of 873 K to 1073 K (600°C to 800°C) for varying durations. Systematic change in the interface microstructure and microchemistry due to thermally activated interdiffusion of alloying elements was studied. This information together with that of the thermal stability of non-equilibrium phases in base materials was used to evaluate the probability of formation of various phases across the explosive clad interface using JMatPro Ò , a materials modeling software. In the clad heat treated at 1073 K (800°C) for 20 hours, evidence was obtained for the presence of different phases (predicted to form) in the diffusion zone by transmission electron microscopy on site-specific specimens prepared by focused ion beam milling. An attempt to understand the specific influence of the type of phase, their relative mole fraction, and microchemistry on the mechanical property of the joint has also been made based on both experimental and computational study.
This paper presents the microstructural modification in a dissimilar joint of Ti-5Ta-1?8Nb alloy with 304L austenitic stainless steel, fabricated using explosive cladding process. The interface had a wavy nature with occasional presence of shrinkage cavities and solidified melt zones. X-ray Rietveld and electron microprobe based analysis did not reveal the presence of intermetallic phases at the weld interface within their detection limits. Evidences for the transformation of fcc to bct phases in 304L stainless steel and formation of metastable fcc phase in Ti-Ta-Nb alloy, not predicted in the phase diagram are provided. These phase transformations are understood in terms of severe plastic deformation during explosive cladding process.
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