Abstract: A process as described for treating Ti.sub.3 Al-based alloys comprising, in ddition to titanium and aluminum as .alpha.-phase-stabilizing element, niobium and further elements stabilizing the .beta.-phase in an amount of from 20 to 30% by weight, wherein the further elements stabilizing the .beta. phase are present in an amount of at least 4% by weight by(a) preparing the alloys by melting or via the powder-metallurgical route,(b) deforming at a temperature within the (.alpha..sub.2 +.beta.)-phase area by more than 60% in one or more steps with stress-relief annealing without complete recrystallization effected between these steps,(c) solution annealing the formed part for from 5 minutes to 120 minutes below the .beta.-transus temperature of the alloy,(d) quenching, and(e) subsequent aging/stress-relief annealing at temperatures within the range of from 500.degree. for 75.degree. C. for from 0.5 to 24 hours.

Abstract: The process relates to the improvement of the static and dynamic mechanical roperties of (.alpha.+.beta.) titanium alloys by thermomechanical treatment, wherein the alloys produced by melting and forging and/or hot isostatic pressing of powders are deformed by more than 60% with simultaneous strain-hardening at a temperature just above the recrystallization temperature of the relevant alloys in one or more steps, with structure stress-relief heatings being performed without complete recrystallization between these individual steps, the shaped part is then tempered for 2 to 4 min near the transus of the alloy, quenched and then aged at temperatures in the range of from 400.degree. to 600.degree. C.