PROPERTIES OF TITANIUM-ALLOY VT6 FIBERS OBTAINED BY RAPID SOLIDIFICATION OF THE MELT

We have studied the chemical, physicochemical, and technological prope rties of titanium alloy VT6 fibers in the initial state and after vacu um annealing for one hour at 500-1300 degrees C. We have carried out f ractographic, microstructural, and qualitative x-ray spectral microana lysis of the fibers. We have established that in the initial state, th e fibers possess high values of the physicomechanical characteristics; the decrease in the properties of the fibers with a rise in temperatu re was determined by observing changes in the microscopic and macrosco pic structure and the chemical composition. Vacuum annealing of VT6 fi bers allows us to improve their compressibility with different combina tions of hardness, strength, and conductivity characteristics.