Effects of alloying elements on the Snoek-type relaxation in Ti-Nb-X-O alloys (X = Al, Sn, Cr, and Mn)
摘要
The effect of alloying elements on the oxygen Snoek-type relaxation in the Ti-24Nb-X-1.7O alloys (X = 1Al, 2Al, 1Sn, 2Sn, 2Cr, 2Mn) was investigated in order to develop high damping materials based on point defect relaxation process. The relaxation strength of the Ti-Nb-Al-O and Ti-Nb-Sn-O alloys is the highest while that of the Ti-Nb-Mn-O and Ti-Nb-Cr-O alloys is the lowest. The dipole shape factor (未位) and critical temperature Tc, which are intrinsic to the Snoek-type relaxation, were figured out and analyzed in terms of the d-orbital energy level (Md) for each alloy based on the measured damping peak. With the decreasing Md, the 未位 increases and saturates at last when the Md decreases to a certain value (about 2.435 eV), while the critical temperature Tc decreases linearly. The parameter Md can be taken as a key parameter in designing high damping 尾-Ti alloys, that is, to design an intermediate value of Md at which the values of both 未位 and Tc are as high as possible.