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Ultrafine-grained Al-5 wt.% Fe alloy processed by ECAP with backpressure
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posted on 2003-09-25, 00:00 authored by V V Stolyarov, Rimma LapovokRimma Lapovok, I G Brodova, P F ThomsonA process for increasing both strength and ductility in a brittle Al-5 wt.% Fe alloy by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) was investigated. The increase in solid solubility of iron in the Al matrix produced by intense deformation under ECAP permitted age hardening in this alloy although it is not hardenable by conventional processing. An ultrafine-grained microstructure of 325-450 nm was obtained in a brittle, cast Al-5 wt.% Fe alloy by ECAP with various numbers of passes and backpressure levels from 40 to 275 MPa. A supersaturated solid solution with a maximum solubility of 0.6 wt.% of iron in an aluminium matrix was obtained during ECAP, which allowed ageing of the conventionally non-hardenable alloy. Strength, ductility and microhardness of the cast alloy processed by the ECAP technique were significantly enhanced (e.g. strength and ductility from 102 MPa and 3.4% to 261 MPa and 5.8%, respectively). The subsequent artificial ageing resulted in a further increase in strength to 272 MPa. It was shown by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that the type of fracture of tensile specimens taken from material subjected to ECAP was predominantly ductile. An increase in backpressure retards cracking of intermetallic particles and enhances the workability and ductility of such alloys processed by ECAP.
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Journal
Materials science and engineering AVolume
357Issue
1-2Pagination
159 - 167Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
ISSN
0921-5093eISSN
1873-4936Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2003, ElsevierUsage metrics
Keywords
Al–5 wt.% Fe alloysevere plastic deformationbackpressureultrafine-grained structureScience & TechnologyTechnologyNanoscience & NanotechnologyMaterials Science, MultidisciplinaryMetallurgy & Metallurgical EngineeringScience & Technology - Other TopicsMaterials ScienceAl-5 wt.% Fe alloyPLASTIC-DEFORMATIONMICROSTRUCTUREMechanical Engineering
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