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Title:
TITANIUM-CONTAINING ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MAKING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011012340
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an article made of an alloy, specifically an article made of a titanium alloy.

The alloy is substantially free of martensite, and comprises the following composition: at least about 75 wt.% titanium; up to about 10 wt.% of a beta stabilizing component; from about 3 wt.% to about 15 wt.% of an alpha stabilizing component; and from about 0.05 wt.% to about 5 wt.% germanium. Another embodiment is a method for fabricating an article. The method comprises providing a billet made of an alloy as described above, and stabilizing the billet microstructure to form a stabilized billet. The method may further comprise superplastically processing the stabilized billet to form a processed item.


Inventors:
DEAL ANDREW DAVID
BHAT RADHAKRISHNA BADEKILA
DIDOMIZIO RICHARD
MARTE JUDSON SLOAN
SUBRAMANIAN PAZHAYANNUR RAMANATHAN
Application Number:
JP2010099401A
Publication Date:
January 20, 2011
Filing Date:
April 23, 2010
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Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO GE
International Classes:
C22C14/00; C22F1/18; C22F1/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Arakawa Satoshi
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa