Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo-0.1Si specimens were shaped by repeated cycles of heating (to 954 °C) and hammer or press forging followed by a solution anneal that varied from 968 to 998 °C. The coupons were originally extracted from billets forged below the beta trans us ( 1009 °C) and slow cooled to ambient temperature. Macroscopic and microstructural banding is observed in some forged and solution annealed coupons, that consists of regions of elongated primary alpha. More significant banding is observed subsequent to annealing at lower temperatures (968 °C), whereas much less microstructural banding is present after annealing at higher temperatures (998 °C). About the same level of banding is observed in hammer forged and press forged coupons. The observation of these bands is significant since they may lead to inhomogeneous mechanical properties. Specifically, at least some types of banding are reported to affect the high temperature creep properties of this alloy. The origin of these bands was therefore researched. Classically, banding in Ti-6242-0.1Si has been regarded as a result of adiabatic shear, chill zone formation or compositional inhomogeneity. High and low magnification metallography, electron microprobe analysis and microhardness tests were performed on forged and annealed specimens in this investigation. The composition inside the bands appears identical to that outside of the bands. The fraction of primary alpha is also found to be identical. The bands have higher microhardness. These results suggest that the bands are not related to composition gradients. The bands also do not appear to be a result of adiabatic shear or other localized deformation. The bands of this study appear to originate from the elongated primary alpha microstructure of the forged billet (from which test coupons were extracted). The deformation of the extracted coupon may be neither fully homogeneous nor sufficiently substantial and the coupon is only partly statically restored after a solution anneal. Areas not fully restored appear as "bands" with elongated primary alpha, that are remnant of the starting billet microstructure. Therefore, a source of banding in Ti-6242-0.1Si alloy, additional to the classic sources, is evident. This type of banding is likely removed by relatively high solution treatment temperatures and perhaps greater plastic deformation during forging. / Graduation date: 1992