scholarly journals Effects of Machining Velocity on Ultra-Fine Grained Al 7075 Alloy Produced by Cryogenic Temperature Large Strain Extrusion Machining

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Yin ◽  
Haitao Chen ◽  
Wenjun Deng

In this study, cryogenic temperature large strain extrusion machining (CT-LSEM) as a novel severe plastic deformation (SPD) method for producing ultra-fine grained (UFG) microstructure is investigated. Solution treated Al 7075 alloy was subjected to CT-LSEM, room temperature (RT) LSEM, as well as CT free machining (CT-FM) with different machining velocities to study their comparative effects. The microstructure evolution and mechanical properties were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Vickers hardness measurements. It is observed that the hardness of the sample has increased from 105 HV to 169 HV and the chip can be fully extruded under CT-LSEM at the velocity of 5.4 m/min. The chip thickness and hardness decrease with velocity except for RT-LSEM at the machining velocity of 21.6 m/min, under which the precipitation hardening exceeds the softening effect. The constraining tool and processing temperature play a significant role in chip morphology. DSC analysis suggests that the LSEM process can accelerate the aging kinetics of the alloy. A higher dislocation density, which is due to the suppression of dynamic recovery, contributes to the CT-LSEM samples, resulting in greater hardness than the RT-LSEM samples.

Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1142
Author(s):  
S. V. Sajadifar ◽  
P. Krooß ◽  
H. Fröck ◽  
B. Milkereit ◽  
O. Kessler ◽  
...  

In the present study, microstructural and mechanical properties of EN AW 7075 following stress-aging were assessed. For this purpose, properties of stress-aged samples were compared with values obtained for conventionally aged counterparts. It is revealed that the strength and hardness of EN AW 7075 can be increased by the presence of external stresses during aging. Precipitation kinetics were found to be accelerated. The effects of conventional and stress-aging on the microstructure were analyzed using synergetic techniques: the differently aged samples were probed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in order to characterize the precipitation processes. DSC was found to be an excellent screening tool for the analysis of precipitation processes during aging of this alloy with and without the presence of external stresses. Furthermore, using electron microscopy it was revealed that an improvement in mechanical properties can be correlated to changes in the morphologies and sizes of precipitates formed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 794-796 ◽  
pp. 807-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungwon Lee ◽  
Zen Ji Horita

An Al 7075 alloy (5.63mass%Zn-2.56mass%Mg-1.68mass%Cu-0.21mass%Fe-0.19mass%Cr-0.14mass%Si-0.02mass%Ti with balance of Al) was processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) under an applied pressure of 6 GPa for 1, 3 and 5 revolutions with a rotation speed of 1 rpm at room temperature. Vickers microhardness saturated to a level of 220 Hv after the HPT processing and the grain size was refined to 120 nm at the state of the hardness saturation. Tensile tests were conducted with initial strain rates from 2.0 × 10-4 to 2.0 × 10-2 s-1 at temperatures as 200 °C and 250 °C (equivalent to 0.52Tm and 0.57Tm, respectively, where Tm is the melting point of the alloy). The HPT-processed samples for 3 revolutions exhibited superplastic elongations of 640% and 510% at 250 °C with initial strain rates of 2.0 × 10-3 s-1 and 2.0 × 10-2 s-1, respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (20) ◽  
pp. 3449-3457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Yin ◽  
Yunyun Pi ◽  
Di He ◽  
Jiayang Zhang ◽  
Wenjun Deng

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2008 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 734-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushanta Kumar Panigrahi ◽  
R. Jayaganthan

The mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of a precipitation hardenable Al 7075 alloy subjected to rolling at liquid nitrogen temperature and room temperature are reported in this present work. The Al 7075 alloy was severely rolled at cryogenic temperature and room temperature and its mechanical properties were studied by using tensile tests and hardness. The microstructural characterization of Al 7075 alloy were made using SEM/EBSD, TEM and DSC. The cryorolled Al 7075 alloys have shown improved mechanical properties as compared to the room temperature rolled Al alloy. The cryorolled Al alloy after 90% thickness reduction exhibits ultrafine grain structure as observed from its TEM micrographs. It is observed that the strength and hardness of the cryorolled materials (CR) at different percentage of thickness reductions are higher as compared to the room temperature rolled (RTR) materials at the same strain due to suppression of dynamic recovery and accumulation of higher dislocations density in the CR materials.


2011 ◽  
Vol 683 ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Das ◽  
R. Jayaganthan ◽  
T. Chowdhury ◽  
Inderdeep Singh

The effects of cryorolling (Rolling at liquid nitrogen temperature) and optimum heat treatment (short annealing + ageing) on fracture toughness of 7075 Al alloy are reported in the present work. The Al 7075 alloy was rolled for different thickness reductions (40% and 70%) at cryogenic temperature and its mechanical, fracture toughness properties were studied. The microstructural characterization of the alloy was carried out by using Optical microscopy and Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The cryo-rolled (CR) Al alloy after 70% thickness reduction exhibits ultrafine grain structure as observed from its FESEM micrographs. It is observed that the yield strength and fracture toughness of the CR material with 70% thickness reduction have increased by 108% and 73% respectively, compared to the starting material. The CR 7075 Al alloy shows improved fracture toughness and tensile strength due to high dislocation density, grain refinement, and ultrafine-grain (UFG) formation by multiple cryorolling passes. The CR samples were subjected to short annealing for 5 min at 190 0C, 170 0C and 150 0C followed by ageing at 160 0C, 140 0C and 120 0C for both 40% and 70% reduced samples. The combined effect of short annealing and ageing improves the fracture toughness, tensile strength, and ductility of cryorolled samples, which is due to precipitation hardening and subgrain coarsening mechanism respectively. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) fractographs of the Al 7075 alloy samples reveals that starting bulk Al alloy specimens is fractured in a total ductile manner, consisting of well-developed dimples over the entire surface and dimple size got decreased continuously for cryorolled specimens at different percentage of thickness reduction (40% and 70%) as observed in the present work.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-354
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Yin ◽  
Yunyun Pi ◽  
Di He ◽  
Jiayang Zhang ◽  
Wenjun Deng

Author(s):  
Afzana Anwer ◽  
S. Eilidh Bedford ◽  
Richard J. Spontak ◽  
Alan H. Windle

Random copolyesters composed of wholly aromatic monomers such as p-oxybenzoate (B) and 2,6-oxynaphthoate (N) are known to exhibit liquid crystalline characteristics at elevated temperatures and over a broad composition range. Previous studies employing techniques such as X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) have conclusively proven that these thermotropic copolymers can possess a significant crystalline fraction, depending on molecular characteristics and processing history, despite the fact that the copolymer chains possess random intramolecular sequencing. Consequently, the nature of the crystalline structure that develops when these materials are processed in their mesophases and subsequently annealed has recently received considerable attention. A model that has been consistent with all experimental observations involves the Non-Periodic Layer (NPL) crystallite, which occurs when identical monomer sequences enter into register between adjacent chains. The objective of this work is to employ electron microscopy to identify and characterize these crystallites.


Author(s):  
B. M. Culbertson ◽  
M. L. Devinev ◽  
E. C. Kao

The service performance of current dental composite materials, such as anterior and posterior restoratives and/or veneer cements, needs to be improved. As part of a comprehensive effort to find ways to improve such materials, we have launched a broad spectrum study of the physicochemical and mechanical properties of photopolymerizable or visible light cured (VLC) dental composites. The commercially available VLC materials being studied are shown in Table 1. A generic or neat resin VLC system is also being characterized by SEM and TEM, to more fully understand formulation variables and their effects on properties.At a recent dental research meeting, we reported on the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) characterization of the materials in Table 1. It was shown by DSC and DMA that the materials are substantially undercured by commonly used VLC techniques. Post curing in an oral cavity or a dry environment at 37 to 50°C for 7 or more hours substantially enhances the cure of the materials.


Author(s):  
Gejing Li ◽  
D. R. Peacor ◽  
D. S. Coombs ◽  
Y. Kawachi

Recent advances in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and analytical electron microscopy (AEM) have led to many new insights into the structural and chemical characteristics of very finegrained, optically homogeneous mineral aggregates in sedimentary and very low-grade metamorphic rocks. Chemical compositions obtained by electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) on such materials have been shown by TEM/AEM to result from beam overlap on contaminant phases on a scale below resolution of EMPA, which in turn can lead to errors in interpretation and determination of formation conditions. Here we present an in-depth analysis of the relation between AEM and EMPA data, which leads also to the definition of new mineral phases, and demonstrate the resolution power of AEM relative to EMPA in investigations of very fine-grained mineral aggregates in sedimentary and very low-grade metamorphic rocks.Celadonite, having end-member composition KMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2, and with minor substitution of Fe2+ for Mg and Al for Fe3+ on octahedral sites, is a fine-grained mica widespread in volcanic rocks and volcaniclastic sediments which have undergone low-temperature alteration in the oceanic crust and in burial metamorphic sequences.


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