title: Mapping of elasticity and damping in an α + β titanium alloy through atomic force acoustic microscopy.
abstract: The distribution of elastic stiffness and damping of individual phases in an α + β titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) measured by using atomic force acoustic microscopy (AFAM) is reported in the present study. The real and imaginary parts of the contact stiffness k (*) are obtained from the contact-resonance spectra and by using these two quantities, the maps of local elastic stiffness and the damping factor are derived. The evaluation of the data is based on the mass distribution of the cantilever with damped flexural modes. The cantilever dynamics model considering damping, which was proposed recently, has been used for mapping of indentation modulus and damping of different phases in a metallic structural material. The study indicated that in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy the metastable β phase has the minimum modulus and the maximum damping followed by α'- and α-phases. Volume fractions of the individual phases were determined by using a commercial material property evaluation software and were validated by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) studies on one of the heat-treated samples. The volume fractions of the phases and the modulus measured through AFAM are used to derive average modulus of the bulk sample which is correlated with the bulk elastic properties obtained by ultrasonic velocity measurements. The average modulus of the specimens estimated by AFAM technique is found to be within 5% of that obtained by ultrasonic velocity measurements. The effect of heat treatments on the ultrasonic attenuation in the bulk sample could also be understood based on the damping measurements on individual phases using AFAM.
authors.affiliation: Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M Kalyan
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Phani
authors.affiliation: Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Anish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Metallurgy and Materials Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam-603102, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jayakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials and Materials Technology, Saarland University, Campus D 2.2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany ; 1. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich Hund Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: 1. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität, Friedrich Hund Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Samwer
keywords: Ti-6Al-4V; atomic force acoustic microscopy; contact resonances; damping; indentation modulus