Abstract: An alloy comprising titanium, aluminum and niobium has a heterophase micrructure of an orthorhombic, Ti.sub.2 AlNb, phase and an omega-type, B8.sub.2, phase. An alloy is annealed to form the heterophase alloy with the orthorhombic and omega-type phases in thermodynamic equilibrium, and then cooled.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 1991
Date of Patent:
March 2, 1993
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
Inventors:
Leonid Bendersky, William J. Boettinger, Francis S. Biancaniello