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Microstructures and hardness prediction of an ultrafine-grained Al-2024 alloy

Microstructures and hardness prediction of an ultrafine-grained Al-2024 alloy
Microstructures and hardness prediction of an ultrafine-grained Al-2024 alloy
High-pressure torsion (HPT) is a high efficiency processing method for fabricating bulk ultrafine-grained metallic materials. This work investigates microstructures and evaluates the corresponding strengthening components in the center of HPT disks, where effective shear strains are very low. An Al-4.63Cu-1.51Mg (wt. %) alloy was processed by HPT for 5 rotations. Non-equilibrium grain and sub-grain boundaries were observed using scanning transmission electron microscopy in the center area of HPT disks. Solute co-cluster segregation at grain boundaries was found by energy dispersive spectrometry. Quantitative analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the average microstrain, crystalline size, and dislocation density were (1.32 ± 0.07) × 10−3, 61.9 ± 1.4 nm, and (2.58 ± 0.07) × 1014 m−2, respectively. The ultra-high average hardness increment was predicted on multiple mechanisms due to ultra-high dislocation densities, grain refinement, and co-cluster–defect complexes.
high-pressure torsion, Al-Cu-Mg alloy, solute segregation
2075-4701
Chen, Ying
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Tang, Yuanchen
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Zhang, Houan
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Hu, Nan
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Gao, Nong
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Starink, Marco J.
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Chen, Ying
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Tang, Yuanchen
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Zhang, Houan
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Hu, Nan
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Gao, Nong
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Chen, Ying, Tang, Yuanchen, Zhang, Houan, Hu, Nan, Gao, Nong and Starink, Marco J. (2019) Microstructures and hardness prediction of an ultrafine-grained Al-2024 alloy. Metals, 9 (11), [1182]. (doi:10.3390/met9111182).

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High-pressure torsion (HPT) is a high efficiency processing method for fabricating bulk ultrafine-grained metallic materials. This work investigates microstructures and evaluates the corresponding strengthening components in the center of HPT disks, where effective shear strains are very low. An Al-4.63Cu-1.51Mg (wt. %) alloy was processed by HPT for 5 rotations. Non-equilibrium grain and sub-grain boundaries were observed using scanning transmission electron microscopy in the center area of HPT disks. Solute co-cluster segregation at grain boundaries was found by energy dispersive spectrometry. Quantitative analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the average microstrain, crystalline size, and dislocation density were (1.32 ± 0.07) × 10−3, 61.9 ± 1.4 nm, and (2.58 ± 0.07) × 1014 m−2, respectively. The ultra-high average hardness increment was predicted on multiple mechanisms due to ultra-high dislocation densities, grain refinement, and co-cluster–defect complexes.

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Accepted/In Press date: 29 October 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 November 2019
Published date: November 2019
Keywords: high-pressure torsion, Al-Cu-Mg alloy, solute segregation

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Local EPrints ID: 436938
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/436938
ISSN: 2075-4701
PURE UUID: 840097c3-c0f4-47cb-8432-f1afddc3c77a
ORCID for Nong Gao: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-0319

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Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:53

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Author: Ying Chen
Author: Yuanchen Tang
Author: Houan Zhang
Author: Nan Hu
Author: Nong Gao ORCID iD

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