scholarly journals Restoration Mechanisms at Moderate Temperatures for As-Cast ZK40 Magnesium Alloys Modified with Individual Ca and Gd Additions

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1140
Author(s):  
Ricardo Henrique Buzolin ◽  
Leandro Henrique Moreno Guimaraes ◽  
Julián Arnaldo Ávila Díaz ◽  
Erenilton Pereira da Silva ◽  
Domonkos Tolnai ◽  
...  

The deformation behaviour of as-cast ZK40 alloys modified with individual additions of Ca and Gd is investigated at 250 °C and 300 °C. Compression tests were carried out at 0.0001 s−1 and 0.001 s−1 using a modified Gleeble system during in-situ synchrotron radiation diffraction experiments. The deformation mechanisms are corroborated by post-mortem investigations using scanning electron microscopy combined with electron backscattered diffraction measurements. The restoration mechanisms in α-Mg are listed as follows: the formation of misorientation spread within α-Mg, the formation of low angle grain boundaries via dynamic recovery, twinning, as well as dynamic recrystallisation. The Gd and Ca additions increase the flow stress of the ZK40, which is more evident at 0.001 s−1 and 300 °C. Dynamic recovery is the predominant restoration mechanism in all alloys. Continuous dynamic recrystallisation only occurs in the ZK40 at 250 °C, competing with discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation. Discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation occurs for the ZK40 and ZK40-Gd. The Ca addition hinders discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation for the investigated temperatures and up to the local achieved strain. Gd addition forms a semi-continuous network of intermetallic compounds along the grain boundaries that withstand the load until their fragmentation, retarding discontinuous dynamic recrystallisation.

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Poletti ◽  
Romain Bureau ◽  
Peter Loidolt ◽  
Peter Simon ◽  
Stefan Mitsche ◽  
...  

Thermomechanical treatments of age-hardenable wrought aluminium alloys provoke microstructural changes that involve the movement, arrangement, and annihilation of dislocations, the movement of boundaries, and the formation or dissolution of phases. Cold and hot compression tests are carried out using a Gleeble® 3800 machine to produce flow data as well as deformed samples for metallography. Electron backscattered diffraction and light optical microscopy were used to characterise the microstructure after plastic deformation and heat treatments. Models based on dislocation densities are developed to describe strain hardening, dynamic recovery, and static recrystallisation. The models can describe both the flow and the microstructure evolutions at deformations from room temperatures to 450 °C. The static recrystallisation and static recovery phenomena are modelled as a continuation of the deformation model. The recrystallisation model accounts also for the effect of the intermetallic particles in the movements of boundaries.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Hande Wang ◽  
Jinyang Ge ◽  
Xiaoyong Zhang ◽  
Chao Chen ◽  
Kechao Zhou

The two-pass thermal compression behavior of near-β Ti-55511 alloy was investigated. The first-pass restoration mechanisms changed from dynamic recrystallization (DRX) to dynamic recovery (DRV) as the first-pass deformation temperature increased from 700 °C to 850 °C. The occurrence of recrystallization reduced the dislocation density, resulting in a slower grain growth rate in the subsequent process. Because of the static recrystallization (SRX) and β grain growth, the β grain size increased and the morphology became less uniform during the subsequent β holding process, which also changed the restoration mechanism during second-pass compression. The level of continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX) and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization (DDRX) become weaker during second-pass deformation. The changes in the restoration mechanism and the microstructures slightly increased the peak stress during the second-pass deformation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Stoll ◽  
Jan Eichler ◽  
Maria Hörhold ◽  
Tobias Erhardt ◽  
Camilla Jensen ◽  
...  

Abstract. Impurities deposited in polar ice allow the reconstruction of the atmospheric aerosol concentration of the past. At the same time they impact the physical properties of the ice itself such as its deformation behaviour. Impurities are thought to enhance ice deformation, but observations are ambiguous due to a shortage of comprehensive microstructural analyses. For the first time, we systematically analyse micro-inclusions in polar fast flowing ice, i.e. from the East Greenland Ice Core Project ice core drilled trough the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. In direct relation to the inclusions we derive the crystal-preferred orientation, fabric, grain size, and microstructural features at ten depths, covering the Holocene and Late Glacial. We use optical microscopy to create microstructure maps to analyse the in situ locations of inclusions in the polycrystalline, solid ice samples. Micro-inclusions are more variable in spatial distribution than previously observed, and show various distributional patterns ranging from centimetre-thick layers to clusters and solitary particles, independent of depth. Analysing the area occupied by grain boundaries in the respective samples shows that micro-inclusions are slightly more often located at or close to grain boundaries in half of all samples. Throughout all samples we find strong indications of dynamic recrystallisation, such as grain islands, bulging grains and different types of subgrain boundaries. We discuss the spatial variability of micro-inclusions, the link between spatial variability and mineralogy, and possible effects on the microstructure and deformation behaviour of the ice. Our results emphasise the need for holistic approaches in future studies, combining microstructure and impurity analysis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 89-91 ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Himanshu M. Lalvani ◽  
Martin A. Rist ◽  
Jeffery W. Brooks

In order to investigate the influence of -phase precipitation during high temperature forging of Inconel 718, hot axi-symmetric compression tests have been performed on specimens with two distinct initial microstructures: i) as-received material containing a dense population of  precipates at grain boundaries and along intragranular slip planes, and ii) material solution-treated to dissolve the  phase. Results indicate that the presence of  leads to a slight increase in peak stress and a proportionately greater post-peak reduction in flow stress, as compared to solution-treated material. For both types of microstructure flow softening is associated with grain refinement, but in different ways: in -free material conventional dynamic recrystallisation leads to the formation of new grains, whereas the presence of plate-like  appears to cause the mechanical break-up and segmentation of prior grains.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 5717-5737
Author(s):  
Nicolas Stoll ◽  
Jan Eichler ◽  
Maria Hörhold ◽  
Tobias Erhardt ◽  
Camilla Jensen ◽  
...  

Abstract. Impurities deposited in polar ice enable the reconstruction of the atmospheric aerosol concentration of the past. At the same time they impact the physical properties of the ice itself such as its deformation behaviour. Impurities are thought to enhance ice deformation, but observations are ambiguous due to a shortage of comprehensive microstructural analyses. For the first time, we systematically analyse micro-inclusions in polar fast flowing ice, i.e. from the East Greenland Ice Core Project ice core drilled through the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. In direct relation to the inclusions we derive the crystal preferred orientation, fabric, grain size, and microstructural features at 10 depths, covering the Holocene and Late Glacial. We use optical microscopy to create microstructure maps to analyse the in situ locations of inclusions in the polycrystalline, solid ice samples. Micro-inclusions are more variable in spatial distribution than previously observed and show various distributional patterns ranging from centimetre-thick layers to clusters and solitary particles, independent of depth. In half of all samples, micro-inclusions are more often located at or close to the grain boundaries by a slight margin (in the areas occupied by grain boundaries). Throughout all samples we find strong indications of dynamic recrystallisation, such as grain islands, bulging grains, and different types of sub-grain boundaries. We discuss the spatial variability in micro-inclusions, the link between spatial variability and mineralogy, and possible effects on the microstructure and deformation behaviour of the ice. Our results emphasise the need for holistic approaches in future studies, combining microstructure and impurity analysis.


2007 ◽  
Vol 546-549 ◽  
pp. 253-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Jun Zhang ◽  
Qu Dong Wang ◽  
Yong Jun Chen ◽  
Jin Bao Lin

Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of an AZ61 Mg alloy processed by cyclic extrusion compression were investigated. It is shown that CEC process may be applied successfully to AZ61 Mg alloys, and this leads to excellent grain refinement with grain size of ~0.8μm after 15 passes at 573K and to significant improvements in yield strength, ductility and hardness of AZ61 materials with slight compressive strength decreases. Dislocations were induced at initial stage of CEC process, and with increased deformation, tangled dislocations developed to form dislocation boundaries and subgrain boundaries, and then evolved into low angle grain boundaries (LAGBs) and high angle grain boundaries (HAGBs) which was regarded as continuous dynamic recovery and recrystallization (CDRR).


2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sojiro Uemura ◽  
Shiho Yamamoto Kamata ◽  
Kyosuke Yoshimi ◽  
Sadahiro Tsurekawa

AbstractMicrostructural evolution in the TiC-reinforced Mo–Si–B-based alloy during tensile creep deformation at 1,500°C and 137 MPa was investigated via scanning electron microscope-backscattered electron diffraction (SEM-EBSD) observations. The creep curve of this alloy displayed no clear steady state but was dominated by the tertiary creep regime. The grain size of the Moss phase increased in the primary creep regime. However, the grain size of the Moss phase was found to remarkably decrease to <10 µm with increasing creep strain in the tertiary creep regime. The EBSD observations revealed that the refinement of the Moss phase occurred by continuous dynamic recrystallization including the transformation of low-angle grain boundaries to high-angle grain boundaries. Accordingly, the deformation of this alloy is most likely to be governed by the grain boundary sliding and the rearrangement of Moss grains such as superplasticity in the tertiary creep regime. In addition, the refinement of the Moss grains surrounding large plate-like T2 grains caused the rotation of their surfaces parallel to the loading axis and consequently the cavitation preferentially occurred at the interphases between the end of the rotated T2 grains and the Moss grains.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 789
Author(s):  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Wuhua Yuan ◽  
Wei Xiang

In this study, isothermal compression tests of TB18 titanium alloy were conducted using a Gleeble 3800 thermomechanical simulator for temperatures ranging from 650 to 880 °C and strain rates ranging from 0.001 to 10 s−1, with a constant height reduction of 60%, to investigate the dynamic softening mechanisms and hot workability of TB18 alloy. The results showed that the flow stress significantly decreased with an increasing deformation temperature and decreasing strain rate, which was affected by the competition between work hardening and dynamic softening. The hyperbolic sine Arrhenius-type constitutive equation was established, and the deformation activation energy was calculated to be 303.91 kJ·mol−1 in the (α + β) phase zone and 212.813 kJ·mol−1 in the β phase zone. The processing map constructed at a true strain of 0.9 exhibited stability and instability regions under the tested deformation conditions. The microstructure characteristics demonstrated that in the stability region, the dominant restoration and flow-softening mechanisms were the dynamic recovery of β phase and dynamic globularization of α grains below transus temperature, as well as the dynamic recovery and continuous dynamic recrystallization of β grains above transus temperature. In the instability region, the dynamic softening mechanism was flow localization in the form of a shear band and a deformation band caused by adiabatic heating.


Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Munir Al-Saadi ◽  
Wangzhong Mu ◽  
Christopher N. Hulme-Smith ◽  
Fredrik Sandberg ◽  
Pär G. Jönsson

Alloy 825 is widely used in several industries, but its useful service life is limited by both mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. The current work explores the effect of the addition of magnesium on the recrystallization and mechanical behavior of alloy 825 under hot compression. Compression tests were performed under conditions representative of typical forming processes: temperatures between 1100 and 1250 °C and at strain rates of 0.1–10 s−1 to a true strain of 0.7. Microstructural evolution was characterized by electron backscattered diffraction. Dynamic recrystallization was found to be more prevalent under all test conditions in samples containing magnesium, but not in all cases of conventional alloy 825. The texture direction ⟨101⟩ was the dominant orientation parallel to the longitudinal direction of casting (also the direction in which the samples were compressed) in samples that contained magnesium under all test conditions, but not in any sample that did not contain magnesium. For all deformation conditions, the peak stress was approximately 10% lower in material with the addition of magnesium. Furthermore, the differences in the peak strain between different temperatures are approximately 85% smaller if magnesium is present. The average activation energy for hot deformation was calculated to be 430 kJ mol−1 with the addition of magnesium and 450 kJ mol−1 without magnesium. The average size of dynamically recrystallized grains in both alloys showed a power law relation with the Zener–Hollomon parameter, DD~Z−n, and the exponent of value, n, is found to be 0.12. These results can be used to design optimized compositions and thermomechanical treatments of alloy 825 to maximize the useful service life under current service conditions. No experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of such changes on the service life and such experiments should now be performed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Paul ◽  
P. Uliasz ◽  
M. Miszczyk ◽  
W. Skuza ◽  
T. Knych

The crystal lattice rotations induced by shear bands formation have been examined in order to investigate the influence of grain boundaries on slip propagation and the resulting texture evolution. The issue was analysed on Al-0.23wt.%Zr alloy as a representative of face centered cubic metals with medium-to-high stacking fault energy. After solidification, the microstructure of the alloy was composed of flat, twin-oriented, large grains. The samples were cut-off from the as-cast ingot in such a way that the twinning planes were situated almost parallel to the compression plane. The samples were then deformed at 77K in channel-die up to strains of 0.69. To correlate the substructure with the slip patterns, the deformed specimens were examined by SEM equipped with a field emission gun and electron backscattered diffraction facilities. Microtexture measurements showed that strictly defined crystal lattice re-orientations occurred in the sample volumes situated within the area of the broad macroscopic shear bands (MSB), although the grains initially had quite different crystallographic orientations. Independently of the grain orientation, their crystal lattice rotated in such a way that one of the f111g slip planes became nearly parallel to the plane of maximum shear. This facilitates the slip propagation across the grain boundaries along the shear direction without any visible variation in the slip plane. A natural consequence of this rotation is the formation of specific MSB microtextures which facilitates slip propagation across grain boundaries.


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