Publication Date:
2014-08-09
Description:
This work describes the effect of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) on the microstructure and creep properties of pure copper and its two binary alloys with addition of small amounts of Zr or Co. The ECAP pressing was performed at room temperature by route Bc up to 12 passes using a die with an internal angle of 90° between the two parts of the channel. Ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructure formed through ECAP process has been studied by methods of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) unit. Tensile creep tests were conducted in tension at temperature 673 K and at different applied stresses on ECAP material and, for comparison purposes, on unpressed coarse-grained states of materials under investigation too. It was found that both alloys processed by ECAP exhibited similar character of creep behaviour. Creep resistance was markedly improved after first two ECAP passes in compar...
Print ISSN:
1757-8981
Electronic ISSN:
1757-899X
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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