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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1990
Kinichi Kimura, Hikari, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Hikari, JP;
Mitsuo Ishii, Hikari, JP;
Hirofumi Yoshimura, Hikari, JP;
Jin-ichi Takamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, titanium and titanium alloy materials having a fine equiaxed microstructure are produced. A titanium, .alpha. titanium alloy or (.alpha.+.beta.) titanium alloy material is hydrogenated in an amount of 0.02 to 2% by weight. If necessary, the hydrogenated material is subjected to pretreatment [i.e., heated above 700.degree. C. (.beta. transformation point)] and/or working (i.e., working at 450.degree. to 950.degree. C., or temperatures above .beta. transformation point and below 1100.degree. C.). The material is then aged at 10.degree. to 530.degree. C. or 10.degree. to 700.degree. C. (in the case of working at temperatures above .beta. transformation point), and finally dehydrogenated and recrystallized to prepared a material having a fine equiaxed microstructure.