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Microstructures and properties of copper processed by equal channel angular extrusion for 1-16 passes
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posted on 2004-09-20, 00:00 authored by F Dalla Torre, Rimma LapovokRimma Lapovok, J Sandlin, P F Thomson, C H J Davies, E V PerelomaThe influence of the microstructure and the misorientation relationship between grains on the mechanical properties is investigated in specimens of ultrafine-grained copper processed by equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) route B C in 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16 passes is described. XRD peak broadening analyses showed a decrease in the lattice strain at roughly constant domain size as the number of passes increased. Analysis by TEM showed that the microstructure evolves from lamellar boundaries and elongated cells towards a more equiaxed homogeneous microstructure. On the microscale, observed by TEM, the degree of misorientation among subgrains/cells increases and the width of boundaries decreases while the cell/subgrain size remains approximately constant as the number of passes increases. Yield stress and ultimate tensile stress reach a maximum after four passes. From 4 to 16 passes the strength of the material decreases and the uniform elongation increases. It is suggested that the increase in the ductility (and decrease in strength) are associated with the operation of recovery mechanisms which decrease the boundary volume and the total dislocation density causing an increase in the mean free path of dislocations. The application of two single parameter models describing the constitutive behavior of the mechanical properties helps in the understanding of storage and annihilation of dislocations during deformation and the microstructural observations.
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Acta materialiaVolume
52Issue
16Pagination
4819 - 4832Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1359-6454Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2004, Acta Materialia Inc.Usage metrics
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Equal channel angular extrusionMicrostructural evolutionRecoveryBoundary volumeScience & TechnologyTechnologyMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical EngineeringMaterials ScienceSEVERE PLASTIC-DEFORMATIONSTACKING-FAULT TETRAHEDRANANOSTRUCTURED METALDUCTILITYSTRENGTHTEMPERATUREVOLUMECREEPMechanical EngineeringCondensed Matter Physics
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