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Sensitivity of deformation twinning to grain size in titanium and magnesium
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posted on 2011-12-01, 00:00 authored by Alireza Ghaderi, Matthew BarnettMatthew BarnettThe impact of grain size on deformation twinning in commercial purity titanium and magnesium alloy Mg–3Al–1Zn (AZ31) is investigated. Tensile tests were carried out for the titanium samples; compression testing was employed for the magnesium specimens. Average values of the true twin length, true twin thickness and the number density of twins were determined using stereology. A key difference between these two materials is that twinning contributes little to the plastic strain in the titanium while it accounts for nearly all of the early plastic strain in the magnesium. In some respects (e.g. volume fraction and number density) the phenomenology of twinning differed between the two materials, while in others (e.g. twin shape and size) both materials showed a similar response. It is found that in both materials, twins span the entirety of their parent grains only for grain sizes less than ∼30 μm. Both the nucleation density per unit of nucleating interface (i.e. grain and twin boundaries) and the aspect ratio of twins scale with applied stress. The impact of grain size on twin volume fraction is modelled analytically.
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Acta materialiaVolume
59Issue
20Pagination
7824 - 7839Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1359-6454eISSN
1873-2453Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2011, ElsevierUsage metrics
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twinninggrain sizetitaniummagnesiumScience & TechnologyTechnologyMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical EngineeringMaterials ScienceSITU NEUTRON-DIFFRACTIONLOW TEMPERATURESSTRAIN-RATEPLASTIC DEFORMATIONALPHA-TITANIUMMETALSALLOYMECHANISMSSTRENGTHTEXTUREMechanical EngineeringCondensed Matter Physics
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