CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN SURFACE LAYER OF Ti ALLOY MELTS

The concentration distribution of alloying elements such as Al,Sn,V,Si and Mo in surfacelayer of quenched Ti alloy melts(TC4,TA 7 and TC9)has been determined by EPMA.Ti al-loy samples were melted and evaporized by electron beam in water cooled copper curcible.Theactivity coefficient of alloy elements in Ti alloy melts are:γ_(Al)=0.009—0.018 and γ_(Sn)=0.066—0.123 at 1921—2106℃;γ_V=0.713 at 2021℃;γ_(Si)=0.020 and γ_(Mo)=0.913 at 1921℃.Therate controlling steps of the evaporation of alloying elements Al,Sn,V,Si and Mo from Ti al-loy melts have been discussed with the data of evaporation activation energies of such alloy el-ements.