Microstructural Evolution of Mg-4Nd Alloy Processed by High-Pressure Torsion

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Bai ◽  
Feng Xue ◽  
Saleh N. Alhajeri ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Sharp Rise ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Hardness Values

Disks of as-extruded Mg-4Nd alloy were processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) through ¼ to 5 turns at room temperature. The first 1/4 turn of HPT induces large numbers of twins and some dislocation tangles in the center region of the disk. With increase of torsional straining, the twinning is inhibited gradually and the dislocation density increases relating to the formation of dislocation substructures and ultimately transforming to high fractions of equiaxed gains which have an average grain size of ~200 nm and high-angle boundaries. HPT significantly improves the values of microhardness of this alloy. The hardness values in both the central and edge regions show a sharp rise after HPT for 1/4 turn and exhibit nearly saturation after 1/2 turn although there is a trend of a slight increase with increasing numbers of turns. The experimental results suggest more homogeneous microstructures may be produced by larger numbers of turns in the HPT process.

GRAIN REFINEMENT AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION IN ALUMINUM A2618 ALLOY BY HIGH-PRESSURE TORSION

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6-9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intan Fadhlina Mohamed ◽  
Seungwon Lee ◽  
Kaveh Edalati ◽  
Zenji Horita ◽  
Shahrum Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Deformation ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Rotation Speed ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Saturation Level ◽  
Microstructural Refinement ◽  
Average Grain Size

This work presents a study related to the grain refinement of an aluminum A2618 alloy achieved by High-Pressure Torsion (HPT) known as a process of Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD). The HPT is conducted on disks of the alloy under an applied pressure of 6 GPa for 1 and 5 turns with a rotation speed of 1 rpm at room temperature. The HPT processing leads to microstructural refinement with an average grain size of ~250 nm at a saturation level after 5 turns. Gradual increases in hardness are observed from the beginning of straining up to a saturation level. This study thus suggests that hardening due to grain refinement is attained by the HPT processing of the A2618 alloy at room temperature.

Thermal Stability of Ultrafine-Grained Pure Titanium Processed by High-Pressure Torsion

2021 ◽  
Vol 1016 ◽  
pp. 338-344
Author(s):  
Wan Ji Chen ◽  
Jie Xu ◽  
De Tong Liu ◽  
De Bin Shan ◽  
Bin Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Annealing Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Stored Energy ◽  
Ultrafine Grained ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

High-pressure torsion (HPT) was conducted under 6.0 GPa on commercial purity titanium up to 10 turns. An ultrafine-grained (UFG) pure Ti with an average grain size of ~96 nm was obtained. The thermal properties of these samples were studied by using differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) which allowed the quantitative determination of the evolution of stored energy, the recrystallization temperatures, the activation energy involved in the recrystallization of the material and the evolution of the recrystallized fraction with temperature. The results show that the stored energy increases, beyond which the stored energy seems to level off to a saturated value with increase of HPT up to 5 turns. An average activation energy of about 101 kJ/mol for the recrystallization of 5 turns samples was determined. Also, the thermal stability of the grains of the 5 turns samples with subsequent heat treatments were investigated by microstructural analysis and Vickers microhardness measurements. It is shown that the average grain size remains below 246 nm when the annealing temperature is below 500 °C, and the size of the grains increases significantly for samples at the annealing temperature of 600 °C.

Microstructural Evolution in an Al-6061 Alloy Processed by High-Pressure Torsion and Rapid Annealing

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aicha Loucif ◽  
Roberto B. Figueiredo ◽  
Thierry Baudin ◽  
François Brisset ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Grain Refinement ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Applied Pressure ◽  
Al 6061 ◽  
Fine Grain ◽  
Grain Structures ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Continuous Recrystallization

The processing of bulk metals through the application of severe plastic deformation provides the opportunity for introducing significant grain refinement into bulk solids. In the present investigation, an aluminum alloy (Al-6061) was processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature under an applied pressure of 6.0 GPa up to a total of 5 turns. Detailed measurements after processing revealed the occurrence of continuous grain refinement and material strengthening with increasing imposed strain. The average grain size of the alloy was reduced from ~150 m to a grain size in the range of ~500 nm through processing by HPT. Although there was a difference in the average grain size of samples processed to different levels of imposed strain, careful inspection showed that the structures became similar after annealing at 250°C for 5 min. This suggests that the additional grain refinement introduced at large amounts of deformations is less stable at high temperatures. The results of this investigation, including the distributions of the grain sizes after annealing, are consistent with the predictions of a model based on the occurrence of continuous recrystallization in aluminum alloys having fine grain structures, large fractions of high-angle grain boundaries and where there is a large amount of deformation.

Application of High-Pressure Torsion to Al-Si Alloys with and without Scandium Additions

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 743-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Venkateswarlu ◽  
V. Rajinikanth ◽  
Mani Kuntal Sen ◽  
Saleh N. Alhajeri ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Grain Structure ◽  
Ball Indentation ◽  
Grain Formation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Hardness Values ◽  
Microstructural Examination

Al-2 wt. % Si alloys with and without 0.25 wt. % scandium additions were processed by high-pressure torsion up to five turns at room temperature under a pressure of 6.0 GPa. Microstructural examination of the as-cast Al-2Si-0.25Sc alloy revealed the presence of Al3Sc precipitates which refined the Al grain structure, whereas no major changes were observed in the morphology of the Si particles. Processing by HPT of both experimental alloys revealed submicrometer grains with uniformly distributed Si particles. The mechanical properties were obtained using hardness measurements and the ball-indentation technique. The results show the hardness increased in the first turn of HPT and further increased with increasing numbers of turns. In addition, the hardness values were lower at the centers and continuously increased towards the edges of the disks. The difference in hardness values between the centre and the edge decreased with increasing turns, thereby suggesting an increasing homogeneity with increasing processing. The scandium addition and HPT processing of the Al-2Si alloy strongly influences the grain refinement and mechanical properties. The grain size reduction in the Al-2Si alloy was similar to Al whereas the presence of Sc in Al-2Si during HPT processing was responsible for large precipitation networks and a submicrometer grain formation.

Microstructure and Thermal Stability of Copper - Carbon Nanotube Composites Consolidated by High Pressure Torsion

2012 ◽  
Vol 729 ◽  
pp. 228-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Jenei ◽  
E.Y. Yoon ◽  
Jenő Gubicza ◽  
Hyoung Seop Kim ◽  
J.L. Lábár ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stability ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Dislocation Density ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Lattice Defect ◽  
Taylor Formula ◽  
Processing Temperature ◽  
Pure Cu ◽  
Thermal Stability Of

Blends of Cu powders and 3 vol. % carbon nanotubes (CNTs), and an additional sample from pure Cu powder were consolidated by High Pressure Torsion (HPT) at room temperature (RT) and 373 K. The grain size, the lattice defect densities as well as the hardness of the pure and composite materials were determined. Due to the pinning effect of CNTs, the dislocation density is about three times larger, while the grain size is about half of that obtained in the sample consolidated from the pure Cu powder. The increase of the HPT-processing temperature from RT to 373 K resulted in only a slight increase of the grain size in the Cu-CNT composite while the dislocation density and the twin boundary frequency were reduced significantly. The flow stress obtained experimentally agrees well with the value calculated by the Taylor-formula indicating that the strength in both pure Cu and Cu-CNT composites is determined mainly by the interaction between dislocations. The addition of CNTs to Cu yields a significantly better thermal stability of the UFG matrix processed by HPT.

SEM EBSD and TEM Structure Studies of α-Brass after Severe Plastic Deformation Using Equal Channel Rolling Followed by Groove Pressing

2012 ◽  
Vol 186 ◽  
pp. 94-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Rusz ◽  
Jan Dutkiewicz ◽  
Marek Faryna ◽  
Wojciech Maziarz ◽  
Lukasz Rogal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Orientation Imaging Microscopy ◽  
Total Elongation ◽  
High Angle ◽  
Orientation Imaging ◽  
Deformation Twins ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Tensile Experiment ◽  
Distribution Of Dislocations

Commercial brass Ms36, 2mm thick was annealed and deformed in 6 passes in dual rolls equipment with attached equal channel equipment (DRECE). Then, material was deformed again using constrained groove pressing (CGP) by pressing of grooves 4.2 mm thick, and the groove angle of 45 deg. The experiment was performed 8 times (pressing out grooves and straightening at room temperature). Both methods allowed deformation without changing of the thickness of the sample, which was almost constant near 2 mm. The tensile experiment have shown the Yield Strength YS after 8x groove pressing of 210 MPa and Ultimate Tensile Strength UTS increased 27% up to 430 MPa. At the same time total elongation decreased from 34 to 15 %. The structure of the material after DRECE 6 passes was investigated using conventional TEM and have shown only rather uniform distribution of dislocations. After additional 8 groove pressing experiment, frequent, narrow deformation twins were observed accompanied by the formation of subgrains. Orientation imaging microscopy performed have shown average grain size after DRECE process near 5 μm, which decreased after 8 processes of groove pressing down to 2.9 μm. The fraction of low angle boundaries (below 5 deg) decreased after groove pressing down to 73% from 85% after DRECE process and annealing, while the fraction of high angle grain boundaries (>15 deg) increased after groove pressing up to 24% from 14%, however the total length of high angle boundaries increased more than 2 times since grain size decreased. The structure studies have shown rather mild effect on the grain refinement of both methods and they have to be modified to obtain material approaching nanosize range.

Recovery or Non-Recovery in Al-0.1% Mg and Al-1% Mg Alloy during High-Pressure Torsion Processing

2016 ◽  
Vol 879 ◽  
pp. 773-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Huang ◽  
Justine Millet ◽  
Nian Xian Zhang ◽  
Pedro Henrique R. Pereira ◽  
Terence G. Langdon
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Mg Alloys ◽  
Rapid Recovery ◽  
Mg Alloy ◽  
Disc Diameter ◽  
Disc Centre ◽  
Evolution Behavior ◽  
Hardness Values

The Al-1% Mg and Al-0.1% Mg alloys were both processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature. In the Al-1% Mg alloy, the hardness values in the disc centre area are lower than in the disc edge area after 1/2 and 1 turn, and the area of lower hardness values in the disc centre decreases as the number of turns increases from 1/2 to 1 turn. Finally, the hardness values are reasonably homogenous along the disc diameter as the number of turns increases to 5 and 10 turns. The Al-0.1% Mg alloy displays a different hardness evolution behavior: the hardness values in the disc centre are higher than at the disc edge 1/2 and 1 turn, and the area of higher hardness values decreases as the numbers of turn increases from 1/2 to 1 turn. The hardness values evolve towards homogeneity along the disc diameter after 5 and 10 turns. EBSD microstructure investigations in the Al-0.1% Mg alloy reveal that a few low-angle boundaries exist at the disc edge after 1/2 turn. It is suggested that the higher hardness values in the disc centre in the Al-0.1% Mg alloy are related to rapid recovery at the disc edge where the material is subjected to heavy straining.

Microstructure and Properties of a Fe-Cu Composite Processed by HPT Powder Consolidation

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bachmaier ◽  
Reinhard Pippan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Powder Consolidation ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Scanning Electron

A method to produce nanocrystalline Fe-Cu composites by means of high-pressure torsion (HPT) deformation is presented. Mixtures of micrometer sized powders of Fe and Cu with different ratios of the two components were precompacted and subsequently deformed by HPT at room temperature to a certain amount of strain. Afterwards, new samples were cut out of these previously deformed samples and further HPT deformation was conducted. The evolution of the microstructure during the different steps of the HPT process and the resulting microstructure of the composites were investigated by scanning electron microscopy. In summary it could be shown that the final attainable grain sizes in the composite materials in the two step process are much smaller than in the simply HPT deformed composites. The reduction of the grain size is also reflected in an enhancement of the hardness.

scholarly journals Use of Ring Sample for High-Pressure Torsion and Microstructural Evolution with Equivalent Strain

2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Ito ◽  
Yosuke Harai ◽  
Tadayoshi Fujioka ◽  
Kaveh Edalati ◽  
Z. Horita
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Equivalent Strain ◽  
Ring Sample ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Low Dislocation Density ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Pure Cu ◽  
Hardness Values

This study introduces a process of high-pressure torsion (HPT) using ring samples and compares with the results of conventional disk HPT. Both types of HPT were conducted at room temperature on pure Al and pure Cu. The microhardness was measured along the diameters of the disks and rings. Microstructures were examined using transmission electron microscopy. When hardness values were plotted against equivalent strain, all data points fell on a single line for each material. There was a hardness maximum for pure Al but no such a maximum was present in pure Cu. In pure Al, many dislocations were visible within grains up to the equivalent strain corresponding to the hardness maximum but beyond this strain, grains with low dislocation density appear. All materials exhibited steady state where the hardness remains constant with respect to imposed equivalent strain. This study concludes that use of ring samples is effective as an alternative to the disk samples.

Microstructure and Properties of Nanostructured Zirconium Processed by High Pressure Torsion

2010 ◽  
Vol 667-669 ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksey V. Podolskiy ◽  
Bartlomiej J. Bonarski ◽  
Daria Setman ◽  
Clemens Mangler ◽  
Erhard Schafler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
High Pressure Torsion ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Considerable Change ◽  
Prismatic Slip ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
Fine Grained Structure

Several structural states of nanostructured zirconium were achieved by high pressure torsion (HPT) at pressures of 2 and 4 GPa with and without subsequent low temperature annealing. The nanostructured Zr was studied by X-Ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy and Differential Scanning Calorimetry to reveal the microstructure, phase composition and the thermal stability of this material. The fine grained structure being achieved by HPT had an average grain size of 100-200 nm. It was shown that HPT at 4 GPa leads to a phase transformation from α-Zr to ω-Zr, which has been demonstrated to be reversible by annealing at 300 °C without considerable change of the grain size. The evaluation of texture evolution in Zr during HPT exhibits activity of prismatic slip systems. DSC curves confirm the presence of HPT deformation induced lattice defects and the occurrence of the ω-α phase transition in Zr.

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