The effect of the addition of oxygen on the formation of the microstructure quenched from the ¢ phase of TiNb alloy was investigated based on the solid solution treatment (SST) temperature in the ¢ phase. The alloy ingots of Ti(12, 14, and 18)-at% Nb(0, 1, and 3)-at% O were arc-melted. They were homogenized at 1200°C for 3.6 ks and then hot-rolled at 850°C into 1.5-mm thick sheets. The specimens were solutiontreated at 1050 to 1200°C for 0.6 ks and then quenched in iced brine. The microstructure of the Ti(12, 14, and 18)-at% Nb alloys exhibited an ¡AA phase regardless of the SST temperature. The addition of oxygen in the Ti(14 and 18)-at% Nb alloys suppressed the ¢ ¼ ¡AA martensitic transformation; therefore, the quenched structure became the ¢ + ½ a phase. The further addition of oxygen suppressed the ¢ ¼ ½ a transformation during quenching. The effect of oxygen addition on the phase transformations of ¢ ¼ ¡AA and ¢ ¼ ½ a during quenching from the ¢ phase was weakened with an increasing SST temperature. [