scholarly journals IMPACT OF COLD PLASTIC DEFORMATION AND THERMAL POST-TREATMENT ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER BASED ALLOYS Al-BRONZE AND α-BRASS

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Samiul Kaiser ◽  
Mohammad Salim Kaiser

The copper based alloys Al-bronze and α-brass containing each of 10wt% aluminum and zinc were prepared by casting. Afterwards, the specimens were cold-rolled with various percentages of deformation and the cold-rolled samples were aged subsequently at the varied time for four hours and temperatures ranging up to 500°C. Samples underwent characterizations by microhardness testing, electrical resistivity, optical properties, differential scanning calorimetry as well as microstructure analysis using an optical microscope. The results showed that the hardening of Cu-based alloys was taken place due to solid-solution hardening. Al addition accelerated the hardness through ageing due to the formation of various intermetallic copper aluminites into the aged alloy which was hard and brittle in nature. The resistivity decreased marginally through heat treatment due to the stage of stress relieving, recovery, precipitation coarsening as well as recrystallization and increased for arranging different intermetallics into the alloys. The microstructural study revealed that the cold rolled alloys content the different phases of elongated grain at the rolling direction. Meanwhile higher ageing temperatures at 500°C for one hour led to recrystallization and grain growth especially in pure copper and Cu-10Zn alloys.

2010 ◽  
Vol 152-153 ◽  
pp. 320-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Li Song ◽  
Ze Xi Yuan ◽  
Juan Jia ◽  
Ping He Li ◽  
Di Wang ◽  
...  

The cold roll B-added Ti-IF steel is annealed for different times at 810 oC. The microstructure development is studied by Optical Microscope(OM) and the concentration of boron and phosphorus segregation at grain boundary is measured by Auger electron spectroscopy(AES). The result shows that the grain of the cold- rolled sample is elongated along the rolling direction and the elongated grains become into equi-axis shape after annealing 60 to 180sec. Boron and phosphorus segregated at gain boundaries. But boron’s concentration at grain boundary is higher than that of phosphorus and increase from 5at.% or so to about 10at% after annealing 150sec, Then boron’s concentration decrease slowly to 8at.% at 240sec. While phosphorus’s concentration increase to the max of 2.5at.% or so at 120sec, then its concentration decrease to 1at.% or so after annealing 240sec.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2368
Author(s):  
Hegoi Amestoy ◽  
Paul Diego ◽  
Emilio Meaurio ◽  
Jone Muñoz ◽  
Jose-Ramon Sarasua

Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) was mixed with submicron particles of barium sulfate to obtain biodegradable radiopaque composites. X-ray images comparing with aluminum samples show that 15 wt.% barium sulfate (BaSO4) is sufficient to present radiopacity. Thermal studies by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) show a statistically significant increase in PCL degree of crystallinity from 46% to 52% for 25 wt.% BaSO4. Non-isothermal crystallization tests were performed at different cooling rates to evaluate crystallization kinetics. The nucleation effect of BaSO4 was found to change the morphology and quantity of the primary crystals of PCL, which was also corroborated by the use of a polarized light optical microscope (PLOM). These results fit well with Avrami–Ozawa–Jeziorny model and show a secondary crystallization that contributes to an increase in crystal fraction with internal structure reorganization. The addition of barium sulfate particles in composite formulations with PCL improves stiffness but not strength for all compositions due to possible cavitation effects induced by debonding of reinforcement interphase.


2013 ◽  
Vol 203-204 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Sławomir Kołodziej ◽  
Joanna Kowalska ◽  
Wiktoria Ratuszek ◽  
Wojciech Ozgowicz ◽  
Krzysztof Chruściel

The aim of this work was the microstructure and texture analysis of a deformed via cold-rolling 24.5Mn-3.5Si-1.5Al-Ti-Nb TWIP/TRIP type steel. It was found, that during cold plastic deformation a phase transformation of austenite into martensite takes place. The transformation progress was confirmed by the microscopic investigations. The texture of austenite is characterized by a limited α1=||RD fibre and the γ=||ND fibre. The texture of austenite changed with increasing deformation rate. In the texture of deformed austenite the strongest orientation is the {110} Goss orientation, which belongs to the α=||ND orientation fibre. During cold plastic deformation γ→ε and γ→ε→α’ phase transformations as well as the deformation of γ, ε and α’ phases are taking place in the steel. The formed ε phase (hexagonal structure) also possesses a distinct texture.


2021 ◽  
Vol 901 ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Yuh Ping Chang ◽  
Li Ming Chu ◽  
Chien Te Liu ◽  
Jin Chi Wang ◽  
Gao Wei Chen

Due to the booming development of the automation industry and the transportation industry, the mechanical components are prone to wear under long-term operating conditions. To improve the wear resistance, effects of the rolling directions on wear of the aluminum alloys are studied. An optical microscope is used to analyze the crystal phase, and the correlation between the crystal grains and the rolling direction is studied. This study can therefore establish a key technology for improving the wear resistance of aluminum alloys.


1959 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 617-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Kropschot ◽  
F. J. Blatt

2014 ◽  
Vol 622-623 ◽  
pp. 1000-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Hattori ◽  
Ryo Matsumoto ◽  
Hiroshi Utsunomiya

Distribution of residual stress through the thickness of a cold-rolled aluminum sheet is analyzed by the elastic-plastic finite element method under plane strain condition. Single-pass rolling of 2mm-thick aluminum sheet is considered. Influences of roll diameterD, reduction in thicknessr, and friction coefficientμare investigated. When the friction is low (μ= 0.1 and 0.2), and the case with smaller rolls (D= 130 mm) and low reduction (r= 5%), the residual stress in the rolling direction is compressive at surface and tensile around the layer quarter deep from the surface. While in the case with larger rolls (D= 310 mm) and high reduction (r= 30%), the stress is tensile at surface and the stress decreases to compressive with increasing depth from surface. In other words, with low friction, the residual stress distribution strongly depends on the aspect ratio (contact length / mean thickness) of the roll bite. On the other hand, when the friction coefficient is high (μ= 0.4), the residual stress is compressive at surface regardless of roll diameter and reduction. It means that the friction makes the residual stress at surface more compressive. It is found that the relationship between the residual stress at surface and the aspect ratio is almost linear, and that the slope depends on the friction coefficient.


e-Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Qingyin Wang ◽  
Gongying Wang ◽  
Shaoying Liu

Abstract The effects of isothermal crystallization temperature/time on mechanical properties of bio-based polyester poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) were investigated. The intrinsic viscosity, crystallization properties, thermal properties, and microstructure of PEF were characterized using ubbelohde viscometer, X-ray diffraction, polarizing optical microscope, differential scanning calorimetry, and scanning electron microscopy. The PEF sample isothermal crystallized at various temperatures for various times was denoted as PEF-T-t. The results showed that the isothermal crystallization temperature affected the mechanical properties of PEF-T-30 by simultaneously affecting its crystallization properties and intrinsic viscosity. The isothermal crystallization time only affected the crystallization properties of PEF-110-t. The crystallinity of PEF-110-40 was 17.1%. With small crystal size, poor regularity, and α′-crystal, PEF-110-40 can absorb the energy generated in the tensile process to the maximum extent. Therefore, the best mechanical properties can be obtained for PEF-110-40 with the tensile strength of 43.55 MPa, the tensile modulus of 1,296 MPa, and the elongation at a break of 13.36%.


2002 ◽  
Vol 753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Tsuji ◽  
Hideki Hosoda ◽  
Kenji Wakashima ◽  
Yoko Yamabe-Mitarai

ABSTRACTEffects of ruthenium (Ru) substitution on constituent phases, phase transformation temperatures and mechanical properties were investigated for Ti-Ni shape memory alloys. Ti50Ni50-XRuX alloys with Ru contents (X) from 0mol% (binary TiNi) to 50mol% (binary TiRu) were systematically prepared by Ar arc-melting followed by hot-forging at temperatures from 1173K to 1673K depending on chemical composition. Phase stability was assessed by DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), XRD (X-ray diffractometry) and TEM (transmission electron microscopy). Mechanical properties were investigated using hardness and tensile tests at room temperature. With increasing Ru content, it was found that the lattice parameter of B2 phase increases, the martensitic transformation temperature slightly decreases, and the melting temperature increases monotonously. Besides, R-phase appears for Ti-Ni alloys containing 3mol% and 20mol%Ru but no diffusionless phase transformation is seen in Ti-Ni alloy containing 5mol%Ru. Vickers hardness shows the maximum at an intermediate composition (HV1030 at 30mol%Ru); this suggests that large solid solution hardening is caused by Ru substitution for the Ni-sites in TiNi.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (18n19) ◽  
pp. 3267-3277 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. RAHIMI ◽  
S. H. TABAIAN ◽  
S. P. HOVEYDA MARASHI ◽  
M. AMIRI ◽  
M. M. DALALY ◽  
...  

Surface conditions of aluminum can influence the final arrangement of nano-pores in fabrication of ordered nanoporous anodic alumina membranes (AAMs). This study is mainly focused on the different applied voltages of aluminum electropolishing by keeping all the other parameters constant. After heat treatment (stress relieving and annealing at 500°C) of pure aluminum sheets, the samples were electropolished at different voltages (10-60V) to obtain desirable surface smoothness, while the temperature of the container was kept constant. The current-time curves were recorded during electropolishing process. The surface roughness obtained in each applied voltage was examined using optical microscope and atomic force microscope (AFM). The process was followed by two-step anodization in order to reach ordered nano-pores. Finally, the influence of surface roughness on regularity of nano-pores was observed using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The SEM images were analyzed to investigate the morphology and the degree of self ordering of pores of the samples by using a new designed analytical method aiming MATLAB and fast Fourier transform (FFT) technique. It was concluded that the electropolishing voltage and the resulted surface roughness and also formed defects can competitively affect the arrangement of membrane's nano-pores. A desired smoothness obtained from electropolishing voltage of 30V. Also 40V provided the best order with respect to the other voltages.


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