Effect of α-Al/Al3Ni microstructure on the corrosion behaviour of Al-5.4 wt% Ni alloy fabricated by equal-channel angular pressing

The effect of microstructure on corrosion behaviour of an Al-5.4 wt% Ni alloy fabricated by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) was investigated by means of potentiodynamic polarization test. The Al-5.4 wt% Ni alloy samples were severely deformed by ECAP with two strain introduction methods of route A and route B_C and the ECAP process was repetitively carried out up to 6 passes (strain 6). The anodic polarization measurements indicated that pitting potential of the ECAPed Al-Ni alloy samples in chloride containing neutral buffer solution increased with ECAP passes. The pitting corrosion resistance of Al-Ni alloy after ECAP by route B_C was better than that by route A. It is attributable to that the size of α-Al crystal region was reduced with ECAP passes and route B_C was able to obtain more homogeneous α-Al/Al₃Ni structure than route A. On the other hand, pitting corrosion resistance of pure Al samples showed an obvious declining with increasing ECAP passes. It was indicated that more homogeneous and finer α-Al/Al₃Ni structure obtained by ECAP played a vital role on improving the corrosion resistance of Al-5.4 wt% Ni alloy.     

The finite element analysis of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) considering the strain path dependence of the work hardening of metals

It is widely known that extreme grain refinement of metals can be attained through multiple passes of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). Such processing can follow various strain paths, which correspond to different work hardening behaviors of the material being deformed. The available finite element analyses (FEA) of multiple pass ECAP do not consider this strain path effect, and employ a single stress–effective strain curve of the material for all passes. The present paper presents a FEA of a two pass ECAP processing of copper following route C. This processing route involves the shearing of the material in the same plane as in the first pass, but in a reversed shear direction. The experimental stress–strain curve of the material, considering this strain path change, was determined through reversed torsion at various strain levels associated with the strain heterogeneity in the material caused by the first ECAP pass. The consideration of the strain path effects changed the final strain distribution in the material and led to a lower punch force in the second pass, in comparison with the results from the analysis considering a single stress–strain curve for all passes.     

退火温度对等通道转角挤压态铁基形状记忆合金力学性能的影响

研究了退火温度对等通道转角挤压(ECAP)Fe17.80Mn4.73Si7.80Cr4.12N i合金力学性能及显微组织的影响。结果表明,等通道挤压工艺能显著提高合金的屈服强度和抗拉强度,两道次挤压后合金的屈服强度达到880 MPa,比固溶态高660 MPa。退火温度从300℃升高到600℃时,合金屈服强度和抗拉强度降低,伸长率升高。挤压后经700℃×30 m in退火后,材料的伸长率达到40%,屈服强度达到426 MPa,再结晶基本完成,晶粒尺寸仅为0.3~2.5μm。细晶强化是该合金强度和伸长率提高的主要原因。     

常规固溶态2024铝合金ECAP加工后的拉伸性能

在室温下对处于常规固溶处理态的2024高强铝合金成功实现了等效应变为0.5的等通道转角挤压(ECAP),将形变强化、时效强化和结构细化强化三者有机组合,制备出超高强铝合金,其硬度、屈服强度、伸长率分别高达1770MPa,550 MPa和14%.研究结果首次证明,固溶处理+室温ECAP+时效是提升常规高强铝合金的强度、制取超高强铝合金的一条有效途径.     

ECAP制备的亚微米7050铝合金的力学性能和微观结构

采用等通道角挤压法 (ECAP法 )制备亚微米 70 5 0铝合金。为了提高合金的力学性能 ,在挤压过程中增加了固溶时效处理工艺 ,并对 70 5 0铝合金在不同处理工艺条件下的显微组织和力学性能的变化进行了研究。结果表明 :ECAP挤压后进行固溶和时效处理能明显提高合金的力学性能。退火态合金经过ECAP后 ,晶粒尺寸明显细化到亚微米级。将挤压一次的试样进行固溶处理和时效处理 ,合金的强度在 5 75MPa左右 ,而延伸率能达到2 5 .5 %左右 ;若经等通道角挤压过的试样在固溶处理后立即进行再次挤压 ,并配合时效处理 ,合金强度能迅速达到 6 16MPa ,延伸率为 16 .9%。     

Monte-carlo modeling of grain growth in Zr equal channel angular pressed and recrystallized

Grain boundary character distribution in equal-channel-angular pressed Zr was studied. Using a die design of 90°/20° and an operation temperature of 350°C. The initial grain size of 20 μm was reduced to about 270 nm with 4 passes via route B_c. The grain growth kinetics of the recrystallized state was obtained by experiment and Monte-Carlo computer simulation, respectively, which showed good agreement. Based on kinetics and morphological characteristics, it was concluded that the grain coarsening mechanism was governed by normal grain growth. No sign of abnormal grain growth was detected either in the experiment or in simulation despite taking into consideration anisotropy in grain boundary energy as well as its mobility. This indicates that grain boundaries produced by severely deformed Zr are stable against explosive coarsening. The evolution characteristics of the microstructure in the present ECA pressed and recrystallized Zr differed from those of cold rolled Ti in that the grain boundary misorientation distribution and texture were rather stable during grain growth. Jointly Appointed by the Center for Advanced Aerospace Materials This article is based on a presentation made in the 2002 Korea-US symposium on the “Phase Transformations of Nano-Materials,” organized as a special program of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, held at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea on October 25–26, 2002.     

等径角挤压法制备超细晶的研究现状

总结了等径角挤压(Equal Channel Angular Pressing，ECAP)过程中的影响因素、晶粒细化的机理等方面的研究进展，讨论了挤压温度、挤压速度在ECAP过程中对材料的影响，简述了ECAP的变形途径、变形次数对材料晶粒、材料变形量的影响。论述了由等径角挤压方法制备超细晶材料的发展现状并提出了一些需要进一步深入研究的方面。     

ECAP法制备超细晶铜的再结晶行为研究

在室温下，采用ECAP技术对纯铜进行了1-10道次的挤压，使其组织大大细化，得到了均匀、细小的等轴晶，平均晶粒尺寸为0．75μm。通过对不同ECAP道次后的退火试样的硬度测量和观察组织，结果表明：随ECAP道次的增加．开始再结晶的温度降低，再结晶软化的速率增加，ECAP8道次试样在433K发生静态再结晶。     

Texture evolution and fraction of favorably oriented fibers in commercially pure aluminum processed to 16 ECAP passes

Texture evolution in 1050 commercial purity aluminum severely deformed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) is investigated by electron back scattered diffraction (EBSD). Pole figures and orientation distribution function (ODF) plots are generated for samples processed to 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16 passes. The processing was done using route B_C, in which the samples were rotated by 90° in the same sense between subsequent pressings. Two different sized scans were performed on the flow plane of the processed samples. The orientations constituting the favorably oriented fibers are depicted and crystal orientation maps are generated. The spatial distribution of grains having these orientations are revealed through these maps. The fraction of the main texture fibers for a 5° spread around the specified orientations is experimentally calculated and a quantitative idea on the evolution of texture is presented. The results ascertained that the texture intensity around the main fibers generally weakens with number of ECAP passes.     

Effect of deformation temperature on microstructure evolution in aluminum alloy 2219 during hot ECAP

The effect of deformation temperature on microstructure evolution during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) was studied in a coarse-grained aluminum alloy 2219 in a wide temperature interval from 250 to 475 °C. The structural changes taking place during ECAP up to strains of 12 are classified into the following three stages irrespective of deformation temperatures: i.e. (1) an incubation period for formation of the embryos of deformation bands (DBs) at low strains; (2) development of large-scale DBs followed by grain fragmentation at moderate strains; (3) rapid development of new grain at high strains. Microstructure development in stages 1 and 2 is hardly influenced by temperature, while that in stage 3 is most significantly affected at higher temperature. An increase in the pressing temperature leads to decreasing the volume fraction of new grains and increasing the average grain size in stage 3. This can be attributed to relaxation of strain compatibility between grains due to frequent operation of dynamic recovery and grain boundary sliding at higher temperature. The mechanism of grain refinement is discussed in detail.