Microstructure and high temperature deformation of an ultra-fine grained ECAP AA7075 aluminium alloy

Autor: Petr Harcuba, Kryštof Turba, Miroslav Cieslar, P. Málek
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: International Journal of Materials Research. 104:3-10
ISSN: 2195-8556
1862-5282
DOI: 10.3139/146.110833
Popis: An AA 7075 aluminium alloy with an ultra-fine grained structure was prepared through equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at pressing temperatures TECAP of 120, 170, and 220 °C. A decrease in TECAP from 220 to 120 °C was found to lead to a more pronounced refinement of the microstructure and to worse stability of the microstructure – the onset of grain coarsening was displaced to lower temperatures. The material pressed with the highest TECAP exhibited superplastic behaviour at temperatures close to 400 °C and grain boundary sliding was identified as the dominant operating deformation mechanism. The materials prepared with both of the lower TECAP exhibited only enhanced ductility of about 200 %, however this behaviour was observed at temperatures as low as 200 °C. It was found that this “low temperature superplasticity” resulted from a combined operation of grain boundary sliding at selected grain boundaries and glide of lattice dislocations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE