Titanium alloy having high strength, high young's modulus, excellent fatigue properties, and excellent impact toughness
Provided is an α+β titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet consisting of, in mass %, Al: 4.7 to 5.5%, Fe: 0.5 to 1.4%, N: less than or equal to 0.03%, Si: 0.15 to 0.40%, a ratio of Si/O: 0.80 to 2.80, [O] eq in Expression (1): more than or equal to 0.13% and less than 0.25%, and the balance: Ti and impurities. In a case where an ND direction represents a normal direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a TD direction represents a sheet-width direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a c-axis orientation represents a normal direction of a (0001) plane in an α phase, XND represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of 30° from the ND direction, and XTD represents a strongest intensity among intensities in which the c-axis orientation is in a range of ±10 degrees in the TD direction, XTD/XND is more than or equal to 4.0, a Young's modulus in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 135 GPa, and tensile strength in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 1100 MPa, [ O] eq =[ O ]+2.77[ N] Expression (1).
1. An α+β titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet, the α+β titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet consisting of, in mass %, Al: 4.7 to 5.5%, Fe: 0.5 to 1.2%, N: less than or equal to 0.03%, [O] eq calculated using Expression (1): more than or equal to 0.13% and less than 0.25%, Si: 0.15 to 0.40%, a ratio of Si/O: 0.80 to 2.80, and the balance: Ti and impurities, wherein,
in a case where an ND direction represents a normal direction of a rolling surface of the hot-rolled sheet, an RD direction represents a hot-rolling direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a TD direction represents a sheet-width direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a c-axis orientation represents a normal direction of a (0001) plane in an α phase, θ represents an angle between the c-axis orientation and the ND direction, φ represents an angle between a plane including the c-axis orientation and the ND direction and a plane including the ND direction and the TD direction, XND represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the angle θ is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 30 degrees and the angle φ is a whole circumference (−180 degrees to 180 degrees), and XTD represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the angle θ is more than or equal to 80 degrees and less than 100 degrees and the angle φ is within ±10 degrees, HV max and HV min is a maximum value and a minimum value of hardness values of a T-cross section of micro-Vickers hardness among portions of the sheet corresponding to the top portion, the middle portion, and the bottom portion of the ingot, where an indentation load of the micro-Vickers hardness is set to 50 gf (HV of 0.05),
XTD/XND is more than or equal to 4.0, a Young's modulus in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 135 GPa, and tensile strength in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 1100 MPa, HV max /HV min is less than 1.15,
where the sheet-width direction represents a direction perpendicular to the hot-rolling direction in a plane of the sheet,
[ O] eq =[O] +2.77 [N] Expression (1)
where [O] represents an oxygen concentration (mass %) and [N] represents a nitrogen concentration (mass %).
2. An α+β titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet, the α+β titanium alloy hot-rolled sheet consisting of, in mass %, Al: 4.7 to 5.5%, Fe: 0.5 to 1.2%, N: less than or equal to 0.03%, [O] eq calculated using Expression (1): more than or equal to 0.13% and less than 0.25%, Si: 0.2 to 0.40%, a ratio of Si/O: 0.80 to 2.80, and the balance: Ti and impurities, wherein,
in a case where an ND direction represents a normal direction of a rolling surface of the hot-rolled sheet, an RD direction represents a hot-rolling direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a TD direction represents a sheet-width direction of the hot-rolled sheet, a c-axis orientation represents a normal direction of a (0001) plane in an α phase, θ represents an angle between the c-axis orientation and the ND direction, φ represents an angle between a plane including the c-axis orientation and the ND direction and a plane including the ND direction and the TD direction, XND represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the angle θ is more than or equal to 0 degree and less than or equal to 30 degrees and the angle φ is a whole circumference (−180 degrees to 180 degrees), and XTD represents a strongest intensity among X-ray (0002) reflection relative intensities of crystal grains in which the angle θ is more than or equal to 80 degrees and less than 100 degrees and the angle φ is within ±10 degrees, HV max and HV min is a maximum value and a minimum value of hardness values of a T-cross section of micro-Vickers hardness among portions of the sheet corresponding to the top portion, the middle portion, and the bottom portion of the ingot, where an indentation load of the micro-Vickers hardness is set to 50 gf (HV of 0.05),
XTD/XND is more than or equal to 4.0, a Young's modulus in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 135 GPa, and tensile strength in the sheet-width direction is more than or equal to 1100 MPa, HV max /HV min is less than 1.15,
where the sheet-width direction represents a direction perpendicular to the hot-rolling direction in a plane of the sheet,
[ O] eq =[O]+ 2.77 [N] Expression (1)
where [O] represents an oxygen concentration (mass %) and [N] represents a nitrogen concentration (mass %).