AN X-RAY-DIFFRACTION STUDY ON THE TRANSITION OF MICRO STRUCTURAL DEFECT STATES WITH THE INTERCHANGE OF SOLVENT AND SOLUTE IN TI-ZR AND ZR-TI ALLOYS

Detailed Fourier line shape analyses have been performed considering s ome fault affected and fault unaffected reflections in two hexagonal s ystems of alloys namely Ti base Zr alloys and Zr base Ti alloys having different compositions. It has been observed that while Ti base Zr al loys show marked increase in deformation fault parameters with zirconi um concentration, zirconium on the other hand is not prone to faulting as solvent with the addition of titanium as solute.