Effects of alloying elements on nitrogen diffusion behavior around TiN/Ti interface α region in as-cast titanium alloys

To characterize the effects of alloying elements on inclusion dissolution of titanium nitride, the content profiles of elements around TiN/Ti boundary a phase regions in liquid titanium alloys have been experimentally carried out. Four kinds of commercial alloys of CpTi, Ti64, Ti17 and Ti6242 containing different alpha -stabilizing or beta -stabilizing elements are examined through artificially embedding the TiN sponge particle into liquid alloys in VAR conditions. The content profiles of nitrogen and alloying elements around TiN/Ti boundary were measured by WDX and microprobe for as-cast samples. The content profiles of nitrogen and alloying elements around N-containing solid in alpha Ti region of these alloys show a common features of a steep change. In particular, the content profiles of elements for Ti6242 demonstrate unique change of a more gentle change tendency and further deeper into the alloy matrix. The experiment results show that, the differences among composite effects of alloying elements in different alloys within nitrogen-induced diffusion a region result in different dissolution and diffusion behaviors to overcome the a phase region barriers.