Review Article

Surface Modification and Alloying of Aluminum and Titanium Alloys with Low-Energy, High-Current Electron Beams

Table 2

Surface microhardness of Ti-6Al-4V alloy samples before and after LEHCEBs irradiation at different initial temperatures.

LEHCEB treatment modeMicrohardness Hv (GPa)
P = 0.1 HP = 0.2 HP = 0.5 H

Untreated2.5 ± 0.22.8 ± 0.23.0 ± 0.2
LEHCEB (RT)3.6 ± 0.23.4 ± 0.22.9 ± 0.2
LEHCEB (200°C)4.1 ± 0.33.3 ± 0.33.7 ± 0.3
LEHCEB (400°C)4.3 ± 0.34.8 ± 0.34.1 ± 0.3
LEHCEB (550°C)5.7 ± 0.35.0 ± 0.34.7 ± 0.3
LEHCEB (RT) + annealing3.8 ± 0.34.1 ± 0.34.6 ± 0.3