EBSP study of the annealing behavior of aluminum deformed by equal channel angular processing

Commercial purity aluminum (99.5%) was fabricated by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) up to total accumulated strains of approx. 10. The annealing behavior of material deformed to total strains of approx. 1 and 10 was investigated, using heat treatments of 2 h at various temperatures from 100 to 500 °C. The microstructure of the annealed materials was characterized using the electron back-scatter pattern technique. A number of parameters were determined including the distribution and average values of both the boundary spacings and misorientations. For samples deformed to a total strain of 1, annealing resulted in discontinuous recrystallization. For samples deformed to a total strain of 10, annealing resulted in microstructures exhibiting characteristics of both uniform coarsening and, in a number of places, of discontinuous recrystallization. An attempt was made, based on the boundary spacing distributions, to separate these two components. The grain size after annealing was still however small, being just 6.4 μm after 2 h at 300 °C.     

Investigation of the Correlation between Texture and Microstructure on a Submicrometer Scale in the TEM

In recent years the investigation of local texture and microstructure by analysis of electron backscatter diffraction patterns (EBSP) in the SEM has become a very powerful and popular method. With the introduction of SEM with field emission guns (FEG) the spatial resolution of EBSP measurements could be enhanced from 500 nm with a tungsten emitter to better than 50 nm. This evolution of SEM techniques raises the question whether transmission electron microscopy (TEM) still has fields of application in texture research. The present article answers this question with a clear “yes” and presents three examples of investigations where TEM is indispensable. The three examples comprise the investigation of the correlation between dislocation structure and deformation texture, a study on nucleation mechanisms of recrystallization in highly deformed metals and the investigation of microtexture and microstructure in nanocrystalline materials. Together with the presentation of these cases some of the necessary measurement techniques are described briefly. It is shown that TEM has to be applied when highest spatial resolution of orientation determination and imaging and high accuracy of orientation determination are to be reached, when the three‐dimensional and quantitative characterization of lattice defects is required or when materials with a high density of lattice defects are to be investigated.     

Coupled Physical and Numerical Simulation to Optimize Thermo‐mechanical Metal Forming Processes

The numeric simulation of thermo‐mechanical hot forming processes and the modelling of the structure development and the mechanical properties of complex metallic materials serve for both the optimization of forming processes and the increase of process reliability. To meet close process windows, predictions of the formability of the material as function of the process conditions and material history are required as well. Lifetime evaluation of the tools is made possible from coupled computation of workpiece and tool loads. Material and damage models in use must be adapted on the basis of laboratory experiments and advanced analysis methods.     

低碳钢显微结构的EBSD表征

近年来,新开发的电子背散射衍射技术将多晶材料的显微组织、微区成分与结晶学数据分析联系起来,能对晶界类型、取向、位向差和结构及其分布进行观察、统计测定和定量分析,从而建立了晶界结构、取向和织构等与多晶材料性能的定量和半定量关系,成为现代材料研究的重要实验技术。笔者结合低碳钢生产中的一些实际问题,扼要介绍了电子背散射衍射技术中的晶体取向图在多晶材料显微结构表征中的应用。     

不锈钢复合板热疲劳性能分析

利用冷热疲劳试验机模拟分析了冷热循环对不锈钢复合板热疲劳性能的影响,并采用扫描电镜、电子探针和电子背散射衍射仪对热疲劳试样V形缺口及裂纹区域的形貌和成分进行了深入分析。结果表明,不锈钢复合板热疲劳试样经 20~550 ℃ 7 500次冷热循环后,结合界面处V形缺口区出现微裂纹,且微裂纹起裂于V形缺口尖端基层侧。随着冷热循环的继续进行,微裂纹向基层内扩展,但并非沿着结合界面处扩展,而是沿着基层侧扩展。此外,热疲劳裂纹的起裂和扩展与氧化和应力作用有关,微裂纹起裂于热疲劳试样 V 形缺口区域基层侧表层局部氧化孔洞,并在冷热循环的应力作用下向基层内扩展,同时加剧氧化。随着冷热循环的继续进行,晶界氧化逐渐加剧,导致微裂纹扩展成更为明显的裂纹。     

面心纯铝单向拉伸的晶体塑性学有限元模拟

基于率相关晶体塑性本构模型,实现了晶体塑性学有限元模拟过程。直接将电子背散射衍射(EBSD)获取的晶粒初始取向输入晶体塑性有限元模型,分别预测了单向拉伸面心1050纯铝过程中的力学响应与织构演化。应力应变响应数值模拟结果与实验结果有较好的一致性,同时也存在一定的偏差。两种多晶模型(Taylor模型和有限单元模型)分别模拟了单向拉伸真应变0.25和0.37时的织构演化。随着真应变的增加,两种丝织构(〈111〉织构和〈100〉织构)变得更加锋锐,模拟结果与EBSD实验测得的织构演化结果有较好的一致性。     

Microstructure and texture evolution during warm compression of the magnesium alloy AZ31

The evolution of the microstructure and texture with strain during compression at 150℃ of the magnesium alloy AZ31 has been investigated using the electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) technique. The initial samples were chosen to have a strong basal plane texture with the crystal c-axes perpendicular to the compression direction. The EBSD data provide evidence concerning the relative activity of both {10-12} extension twinning and slip, and suggest that non-basal slip is important in samples deformed to a strain of more than 0.2. The relative contributions of the twinning and the slip during deformation have been discussed based on the results above.     

Complex magnetic and microstructural investigation of duplex stainless steel

Heat treatment induced microstructural processes were studied by different non-destructive magnetic methods in the present work. A commercial SAF 2507 type superduplex stainless steel was investigated. This alloy contains about 40% ferrite and 60% austenite phases in its initial condition. The ferrite phase is not stable, therefore it can decompose to sigma phase and secondary austenite due to heat treatment. All the mechanical, corrosion resistance and magnetic properties are strongly influenced by the microstructural changes. This study had two aims: to understand better the kinetics of the ferrite decomposition process and to study the application possibilities of the applied magnetic measurements. The results, which were supported by electronmicroscopic method (electron back scattered diffraction, EBSD), help us to understand better the microstructural changes in duplex stainless steels caused by heat treatment.     

Mechanism of strengthening of cube texture for high purity aluminum foils by additional-annealing

1　INTRODUCTIONHighpurityaluminumfoilsareusedastheanodematerialofhighvoltageelectrolyticcapacitorswhichneedstrongcubetexture { 0 0 1}〈10 0〉forlargeeffec tivesurfacefromchanneletching[1] .Becauseofitstechnicalimportance ,alotofeffortshavebeenmadetodevelopstrongcubetextureinhigh purityalu minumfoils[2 8] .Itwasfoundthatthecubetextureinthefoilscanbestrengthenedviaanannealingpro cessfollowedbyalowcoldrolling[7,8] ,andsuchanannealingiscalledadditional annealinginthispaper .Buttherewerefewinv…     

精成形辊锻机

在传统的辊锻工艺中,坯料轴向处于自由状态,在辊锻过程中因必然产生坯料的前滑后移,而且无法控制温度和摩擦的影响等,致使辊锻不能精成形,这是连续局部塑性成形研究领域所关注的重要难题。作者根据自己的发明专利,研制出一种新型精成形辊锻机,该机综合了辊锻与闭式模锻的优点,为辊锻精成形创造了可行的设备。实践证明,该精成形辊锻机,整机结构紧凑,运行可靠,便于实现自动化,造价低。