F. S. Pitt, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
Grain size is known to affect certain properties of Titanium, including Superplastic properties and tensile strength. In this presentation, two lots of Titanium 6Al-4V are exposed to simulated Superplastic Forming conditions. Following the simulated exposure, microhardness profiles and visible alpha case depths are measured and compared. A mathematical model is proposed that describes the difference in oxygen diffusion due to grain size.