j m a t e r r e s t e c h n o l . 2 0 2 0;9(2):2455-2466 w w w . j m r t . c o m . b r Microstructure Phase transformation Phase content Texture TC11 alloy a b s t r a c t Electro-shocking treatment (EST) has been investigated as a pathway to optimise the microstructure and mechanical properties of titanium alloys. The thermal conditions introduced by EST resulted in a phase transformation from ␣ to ␤. The fraction of ␤ phase decreased from 25.27% to 19.47% after EST for 0.02 s, which was

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... ly caused by the recrystallization of ␣ phase. The application of EST for 0.04 s resulted in an increase in volume fraction of the ␤ phase to 26.95%. The energy introduced by EST resulted in changes to the direction and intensity of texture within the microstructure with the texture intensity of the ␣ phase increasing from 4.94 to 8.52, and that of ␤ both increased from 3.35 to 9.88 after 0.04 s EST.