Microstructures and properties of cold drawn and annealed submicron crystalline Cu-5%Cr alloy

The microstructures and properties after cold drawing and subsequent annealing of submicron crystalline Cu-5%Cr (mass fraction) alloy were investigated. The results show that, the microstructure of submicron crystalline Cu-5%Cr can be further refined by cold drawing. After cold drawing, the grains of Cu-5%Cr alloy with grain size of 400-500 nm can be refined to be cellular structures and subgrains with size of 100-200 nm. Both strength and ductility of Cu-5%Cr alloy can be enhanced by cold drawing, and the optimal mechanical properties can be achieved with drawing deformation increasing. It is suggested that dislocation glide is still the main mechanism in plastic deformation of submicron crystalline Cu-5%Cr, but grain boundary slide and diffusion may play more and more important roles with drawing deformation increasing. When the cold drawn Cu-5%Cr wires are annealed at 550 ℃, fine recrystal grains with grain size of 200-300 nm can be obtained. Furthermore, there are lots of fine Cr particles precipitated during annealing, by which the recrystallization softening temperatures of the cold drawn Cu-5%Cr wires can be increased to 480-560 ℃. Due to the fact that Cr particles have the effect of restricting Cu grains growth, a favorable structural thermal stability of the submicron crystalline Cu-5%Cr can be achieved, and the submicron grained microstructure can be retained at high temperature annealing.     

热挤压工艺对AZ31镁合金组织与力学性能的影响

在不同挤压条件下对AZ31镁合金进行了热挤压试验,并对挤压前后材料组织与力学性能的变化进行了分析.研究结果表明,AZ31镁合金热挤压时发生了动态再结晶,材料组织比铸态时细化,力学性能大幅度提高;AZ31镁合金挤压后的组织及力学性能受挤压温度及冷却方式影响,在本试验范围内,AZ31镁合金在623 K挤压后空冷得到的组织均匀细小,力学性能良好.     

Fabrication of high strength conductivity submicroncrystalline Cu-5 % Cr alloy by mechanical alloying

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热挤压对铸态Mg-1Zn-0.3Zr-1Y-2Sn镁合金组织和性能的影响（英文）

通过光学显微镜(OM)、扫描电镜(SEM)、浸泡实验、析氢实验、电化学试验、拉伸试验等方法,研究了不同挤压温度(340、360、380、400℃)下,热挤压对铸态Mg-1Zn-0.3Zr-1Y-2Sn合金组织和性能的影响。结果表明:热挤压后,合金的第二相沿挤压方向破碎成颗粒,微观组织中存在动态再结晶和变形晶粒。随着挤压温度的升高,第二相的含量变化较小,动态再结晶晶粒尺寸逐渐增大。热挤压后,合金的力学性能得到改善,但其耐腐蚀性最终减弱。热挤压处理可以在腐蚀的早期阶段提高合金的耐腐蚀性能,但随着腐蚀的进行,在后期合金的耐蚀性能会降低。当热挤压温度为360℃时,合金具有较好的力学性能和耐腐蚀性能。     

Effects of extrusion and heat treatments on microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg–8Zn–1Al–0.5Cu–0.5Mn alloy

The effects of extrusion and heat treatments on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg–8Zn–1Al–0.5Cu– 0.5Mn magnesium alloy were investigated. Bimodal microstructure is formed in this alloy when it is extruded at 230 and 260 °C, and complete DRX occurs at the extruding temperature of 290 °C. The basal texture of as-extruded alloys is reduced gradually with increasing extrusion temperature due to the larger volume fraction of recrystallized structure at higher temperatures. For the alloy extruded at 290 °C, four different heat treatments routes were investigated. After solution + aging treatments, the grains sizes become larger. Finer and far more densely dispersed precipitates are found in the alloy with solution + double-aging treatments compared with alloy with solution + single-aging treatment. Tensile properties are enhanced remarkably by solution + double-aging treatment with the yield strength, tensile strength and elongation being 298 MPa, 348 MPa and 18%, respectively. This is attributed to the combined effects of fine dynamically recrystallized grains and the uniformly distributed finer precipitates.     

锆合金挤压管坯的组织及织构研究

采用XRD和EBSD技术,对不同挤压温度(650和630℃)的2种锆合金管坯的显微组织和宏观织构进行研究。结果表明,管坯内发生了动态回复和再结晶,其组织由沿挤压方向拉长的大晶粒与近似等轴的再结晶晶粒组成,管坯内再结晶晶粒的平均尺寸相近,分别为0.44和0.41μm,温度对显微组织无显著影响;挤压温度为650℃的管坯的织构主成分为<1010>纤维织构及{0001}<1010>,630℃挤压管坯的织构主成分为<1120>纤维织构及{0001}<1120>,并且后者基轴在管材横向的分布强度略高于径向分布。     

挤压参数对SiC颗粒增强Mg-3.6Zn-0.6Y-0.2Ca基复合材料组织和力学性能的影响

对挤压前后SiC颗粒增强Mg-3.6Zn-0.6Y-0.2Ca基复合材料组织和力学性能的研究表明：随挤压速率或挤压温度的增加,再结晶晶粒的尺寸增加,体积分数则略有增加。随挤压速率的增加,动态析出相的尺寸增加,体积分数减小。当挤压温度设定为230℃时随挤压速率由0.01 mm/s增加到0.1 mm/s,或当挤压速率设定为0.1 mm/s时挤压温度由190 ℃增加到230 ℃,复合材料的屈服强度和抗拉强度降低,而伸长率则逐渐增加。在优化的挤压参数（190 ℃,0.1 mm/s）下挤压态复合材料的屈服强度、抗拉强度和伸长率分别为312.0 MPa,347.3 MPa和6.6％;其中晶粒细化对强度提升的贡献高于热错配强化与析出强化。     

Microstructure characterization and effect of extrusion temperature on biodegradation behavior of Mg-5Zn-1Y-xCa alloy

Microstructure and biodegradation behavior of as-cast and hot extruded Mg-5Zn-1Y alloy containing different amounts of calcium (0.0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, and 1.0%, mass fraction) were explored. The extrusion process was conducted at three different temperatures of 300, 330, and 370 °C. Chemical composition, phase constitution, microstructure, and biodegradation behavior of the alloys were investigated. The macro- and micro-scopic examination revealed that the addition of Ca refines the grain structure and forms an intermetallic phase, Ca₂Mg₆Zn₃. The hot extrusion process resulted in breaking the intermetallic phases into fine particles routed to the extrusion direction. Moreover, dynamic recrystallization happened in almost all alloys, and more bimodal microstructure was formed in the alloys when the alloys were extruded at 370 °C. Polarization curves showed no passive region, which indicated that active polarization dominated in the alloys; therefore, grain refining through Ca addition and dynamic recrystallization over hot extrusion operation increased biodegradation rate. The results show that the as-cast Mg-5Zn-1Y-0.1Ca alloy provides the highest corrosion resistance, and the extruded Mg-5Zn-1Y-0.5Ca alloy at 300 °C shows the lowest biodegradation rate among the extruded alloys. Therefore, hot extrusion does not always improve the biodegradation behavior of magnesium alloys.     

Influence of Hot Extrusion Temperature on the Microstructure and the Mechanical Properties of (ABOw + WO3p)/Al Hybrid Composites

The (ABOw + WO₃p)/Al hybrid composite was fabricated by squeeze casting and subsequently hot extruded at temperatures that varied from 440°C to 560°C. The microstructures of extruded composites were examined by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The results show that ABOw aligns along the extrusion direction after the hot extrusion process. The aspect ratio of ABOw in extruded composites is lower than that of as-cast composite. The aspect ratio of ABOw in extruded composites increases with the increase of extrusion temperature. The larger WO₃p particles are broken into smaller particles during the extrusion process. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images show that hot deformation leads to high dislocation density at a lower deformation temperature and leads to grain recovery and recrystallization at a higher deformation temperature. The strength of extruded composites increases first and then decreases with the increase of extrusion temperature, and it reaches maximum value at 500°C. The elongation of extruded composites increases with the increase of extrusion temperature.     

Elevated Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Severely Deformed Titanium

In this investigation, compression tests were performed at a strain rate of 0.001-0.1 s^?1 in the range of 600-900 °C to study the high temperature deformation behavior and flow stress model of commercial purity (CP) titanium after severe plastic deformation (SPD). It was observed that SPD via equal channel angular extrusion can considerably enhance the flow strength of CP titanium deformed at 600 and 700 °C. Post-compression microstructures showed that, a fine grained structure can be retained at a deformation temperature of 600 °C. Based on the kinematics of dynamic recovery and recrystallization, the flow stress constitutive equations were established. The validity of the model was demonstrated with reasonable agreement by comparing the experimental data with the numerical results. The error values were less than 5% at all deformation temperatures except 600 °C.     

镍钛形状记忆合金在热压缩变形下的动态回复和动态再结晶

通过获得镍钛形状记忆合金在应变速率(0.001～1 s-1)和变形温度(600～1000℃)下的压缩真实应力—应变曲线,研究镍钛形状记忆合金在热变形下的力学行为.通过显微组织演变研究镍钛形状记忆合金的动态回复和动态再结晶,获得应变速率、变形温度和变形程度对镍钛形状记忆合金的动态回复和动态再结晶的影响规律.镍钛形状记忆合金在600℃和700℃下,动态回复和动态再结晶共存,但在其他温度下表现出完全动态再结晶.增加变形温度或降低应变速率,导致较大的等轴晶粒.变形程度对镍钛形状记忆合金的动态再结晶具有重要的影响.在镍钛形状记忆合金的动态再结晶中存在临界变形程度,当大于临界变形程度时,较大的变形程度有助于获得细小的等轴再结晶晶粒.     

低温挤压制备高塑细晶Zn-6Al合金

研究了不同挤压温度（350和200 ℃）对反挤压Zn-6Al合金室温拉伸性能的影响。利用扫描电镜、电子背散射技术以及电子万能试验机对Zn-Al合金的微观组织和力学性能进行了详细的研究。结果表明,由于具有细晶组织、高的施密特因子和无层片状组织,随着挤压温度从350 ℃降低至200 ℃,在应变速率为10^-3 s^-1时,反挤压Zn-6Al合金的伸长率从98%提高至198%。     

Constitutive modeling and dynamic softening mechanism during hot deformation of an ultra-pure 17%Cr ferritic stainless steel stabilized with Nb

The hot deformation behavior of an ultra-pure 17%Cr ferritic stainless steel was studied in the temperature range of 750–1000 °C and strain rates of 0.5 to 10 s^?1 using isothermal hot compression tests in a thermomechanical simulator. The microstructural evolution was investigated using electron backscattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. A modified constitutive equation considering the effect of strain on material constant was developed, which predicted the flow stress for the deformation conditions studied, except at 950 °C in 1 s^?1 and 900 °C in 10 s^?1. Decreasing deformation temperature and increasing strain was beneficial in refining the microstructure. Decreasing deformation temperature, the in-grain shear bands appeared in the microstructure. It is suggested that the dynamic softening mechanism is closely related to deformation temperature. At low deformation temperature, dynamic recovery was major softening mechanism and no dynamic recrystallization occurred. At high deformation temperature, dynamic softening was explained in terms of efficient dynamic recovery and limited continuous dynamic recrystallization. A drop in the flow stress was not found due to very small fraction of new grains nucleated during dynamic recrystallization.     

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg–Zn–(Nd)–Zr alloys with different extrusion processes

The effect of Nd addition and the in?uence of extrusion processes on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg–6Zn–0.5Zr(ZK60) and Mg–6Zn–1.5Nd–0.5Zr(ZKNd602) alloys were investigated. Nd element can obviously re?ne the microstructure of both as-cast and asextruded Mg–Zn–Nd–Zr alloy. All of the extruded alloys exhibit a bimodal grain structure composed of equiaxed?ne recrystallized(DRXed) grains and elongated coarse un DRXed grains. It is necessary to achieve high strength,particularly the yield strength, for ZKNd602 alloy, when it is extruded with a lower extrusion temperature, a suitable extrusion ratio and a relatively lower extrusion ram speed. In this study, the ultimate tensile strength(UTS),yield strength(YS) and elongation(El) of the extruded ZKNd602 alloy were 421 MPa, 402 MPa and 6.7 %,respectively, with extrusion temperature of 290 °C, extrusion ratio of 18:1 and a ram speed of approximate0.4 mm·s~(-1). Meanwhile, the extrusion process has obvious effects on the room-temperature properties but weak effects on the high-temperature properties.     

Comparative study on hot rolling of Cu-Cr and Cu-Cr-CNT nanocomposites

Cu-1%Cr (mass fraction) and Cu-1%Cr-5% carbon nanotube (CNT) (mass fraction) nanocomposite powders were produced by mechanical alloying and consolidated by hot pressing. Then, nanocomposites were hot-rolled by the order of 50% reduction at 650 °C. The structure and microstructure were investigated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Relative density, microhardness, thermal stability, electrical and wear properties were evaluated. Compared to the Cu-Cr sample, the relative density of Cu-Cr-CNT sample is greatly improved from 75% to near full density of 98% by hot rolling. Although electrical conductivity and microhardness increase in both Cu-Cr and Cu-Cr-CNT nanocomposites after hot rolling, the effect of hot rolling on the enhancement is more prominent in the presence of CNTs. The microhardness and electrical conductivity of hot-rolled Cu-Cr-CNT nanocomposite approach HV 175 and 68% (IACS), respectively. Also, hot rolling is more effective on thermal stability improvement of Cu-Cr-CNT nanocomposite compared to Cu-Cr composite. However, after hot rolling, both the friction coefficient and wear loss of the Cu-Cr sample display higher reduction than those of Cu-Cr-CNT nanocomposite owing to different wear mechanisms. After hot rolling, friction coefficient and wear loss of Cu-Cr sample display variation of 25% and 62%, respectively.     

快速凝固粉末冶金Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金的组织与力学性能

采用快速凝固粉末冶金技术制备热挤压Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金棒材,研究了快速凝固Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金薄带及热挤压后合金的相结构,并对热处理工艺对合金棒材组织结构及力学性能的影响进行了分析.研究表明,采用单辊快速凝固法在辊速为1800 r/min下制备的Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金薄带为完全非晶态;在热挤压过程中Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金中有Mg_2Cu和Mg晶体相析出,其显微硬度比薄带有所提高,这与合金中细小Mg_2Cu颗粒的弥散析出有关;在450 ℃保温4 h后的热挤压Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金中没有新相析出;随着热处理温度的升高或保温时间的延长,由于Mg_2Cu颗粒出现重溶及聚集长大现象,使得热挤压Mg_(80)Cu_(10)Y_(10)合金的显微硬度表现出逐渐下降的变化趋势.     

Effect of vacuum heat treatment on microstructure and microhardness of cold sprayed Cu-4Cr-2Nb alloy coating

The effect of vacuum heat treatment on the microstructure and microhardness of cold-sprayed Cu-4%Cr-2%Nb alloy coating was investigated. The heat treatment was conducted under the temperatures from 250 ℃ to 950 ℃ with a step of 100 ℃ for 2 h. It was found that a dense thick Cu-4Cr-2Nb coating could be formed by cold spraying. After heat treatment, a Cr2Nb phase was uniformly distributed in the matrix, which was transferred from the gas-atomized feedstock. A little grain growth of Cr2Nb phase was observed accompanying with the healing-up of the incomplete interfaces between the deposited particles at the elevated temperatures. The coating microhardness increases a little with increasing the temperature to 350 ℃, and then decreases with further increasing temperature up to 950 ℃. This fact can be attributed to the microstructure evolution during the heat treatment.     

Effect of heat treatment on tensile and fatigue deformation behavior of extruded Al-12 wt%Si alloy

This study investigated the effect of heat treatment on tensile and high-cycle fatigue deformation behavior of extruded Al-12 wt%Si alloy. The material used in this study was extruded at a ratio of 17.7: 1 through extrusion process. To identify the effects of heat treatment, T6 heat treatment (515 °C/1 h, water quenching, and then 175 °C/10 h) was performed. Microstructural observation identified Si phases aligned in the extrusion direction in both extruded alloy (F) and heat treated alloy (T6). The average grain size of F alloy was 8.15 °C, and that of T6 alloy was 8.22 °C. Both alloys were composed of Al matrix, Si, Al₂Cu, Al₃Ni and AlFeSi phases. As T6 heat treatment was applied, Al₂Cu phases became more finely and evenly distributed. Tensile results confirmed that yield strength increased from 119.0 MPa to 329.0 MPa, ultimate tensile strength increased from 226.8 MPa to 391.4 MPa, and the elongation decreased from 16.1% to 5.0% as T6 heat treatment was applied. High-cycle fatigue results represented F alloy’s fatigue limit as 185 MPa and T6 alloy’s fatigue limit as 275 MPa, indicating that high-cycle fatigue properties increased significantly as heat treatment was conducted. Through tensile and fatigue fracture surface analysis, this study considered the deformation behaviors of extruded and heat treated Al-Si alloys in relation to their microstructures.     

Recrystallization and microstructural evolution during hot extrusion of Mg97Y2Zn1 alloy

This study revealed that the extrusion temperature has a great influence on microstructure and mechanical properties of the Mg₉₇Y₂Zn₁ alloy. The average grain sizes increased from 3 μm to 8 μm with increasing extrusion temperatures from 623K to 773 K. Both dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and static recrystallization (SRX), which occur during and after deformation, respectively, were observed. The alloy, which extruded at a relatively high temperature, exhibited lower strength because the strain strengthening was balanced by the softening that originated from DRX. Three types of morphologies, namely, big recrystallized grains, fine recrystallized grains, and non-recrystallized grains, were observed in the extruded microstructures obtained at 623 K. The dislocation density was quite high in the fully recrystallized grain. The extruded microstructures obtained at 773 K were composed of large grains with more uniform size. Their degree of recrystallization was higher and the dislocation density also declined. All dislocation in the grain were distinguished as 〈c+a〉 dislocations. Submicron scale precipitates were distributed along the newly formed recrystallized grain boundaries and had a remarkable pinning effect on the recrystallized grain growth after extrusion at 773 K. The precipitates can be divided into two main types: mixed type and single type.     

Effects of extrusion temperature on microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of heterogeneous Mg−Gd alloy laminates via accumulated extrusion bonding

The influence of extrusion temperature on microstructure and mechanical properties of heterogeneous Mg?1Gd/Mg?13Gd laminate prepared by accumulated extrusion bonding was investigated. The results reveal that the Mg?1Gd/Mg?13Gd laminate forms a significant difference in grain size between the successive layers when extruded at 330 °C, and this difference gradually disappears as the extrusion temperature increases from 380 to 430 °C. Besides, the growth rate of recrystallized grains in fine-grained layers is faster than that in coarse-grained layers. Moreover, the diffusion ability of Gd element increases with elevating extrusion temperatures, promoting the increase and coarsening of precipitates in fine-grained layers. Tensile tests indicate that the sample extruded at 380 °C has a superior combination of strength and ductility. This is mainly attributed to the synergy of the heterogeneous texture between coarse and fine-grained layers, hetero-deformation induced strengthening and hardening. The fine-grained layers facilitate the activation of prismatic 〈a〉 slips, while coarse-grained layers make it easier to active basal 〈a〉 and pyramidal 〈c+a〉 slips, especially for the sample extruded at 380 °C. The activation of pyramidal 〈c+a〉 slips contributes to coordinating further plastic deformation.