ISSN:
1662-9752
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Two Al-Mg-Mn alloys having similar compositions but with and without Zr addition weresubjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at 350℃ using route BC and a 90° die, followedby water quenching or air cooling. A series of annealing experiments were conducted at varioustemperatures from 400℃ to 460℃ on the water-quenched alloys. Fine structures with grain size ofapproximately 1~2μm were obtained in these alloys after 6 passes. The water-quenched alloycontaining Zr exhibited finer structure compared with the Zr-free alloy in the same cooling condition,which was due to the existence of Al3Zr dispersoids. And in the air cooling condition, it was foundthat in the Zr-free alloy static recovery occurred, and in partial regions some small grains withoutdislocation inside appeared suggesting the occurrence of static recrystallization. This demonstrated afairly restored structure. However, the microstructure of the alloy containing Zr kept stable during theair cooling process. In addition, in the annealing experiments, secondary recrystallization took placein the Zr-free alloy annealed at 410℃ for 1h, while the alloy containing Zr kept stable up to 460℃.TEM observation showed that the Al3Zr dispersoids pinned the motion of the grain boundaries,thereby the secondary recrystallization and grain growth were inhibited
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/02/16/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FMSF.546-549.929.pdf
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