Superplastic extensibility deformation of Al–3%Mn alloy with submicrometer grain size

Submicrometer-grained (SMG) Al-3%Mn (mass fraction) alloy specimens with initial grain size of ∼0.3 μm were produced by ball milling for 3 h. The Al-3%Mn specimens which were cold rolled with a strain rate of 1×10−3-1×10−2 s−1 at room temperature show high extensibility to failure more than 2500%. M...

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Published in:Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 2012-05, Vol.22 (5), p.1035-1040
Main Authors: XIAO, Xuan, GAO, Ci, HOU, Jie-shan, GUO, Jian-ting
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aluminium alloys
cold rolling
deformation structure
mechanical alloying
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Summary:Submicrometer-grained (SMG) Al-3%Mn (mass fraction) alloy specimens with initial grain size of ∼0.3 μm were produced by ball milling for 3 h. The Al-3%Mn specimens which were cold rolled with a strain rate of 1×10−3-1×10−2 s−1 at room temperature show high extensibility to failure more than 2500%. Microstructures of pure Al and Al-3%Mn alloy at as-milled and cold-rolled state were examined using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Based on the microstructure analysis, it is established that the mechanism of the continued plastic deformation in SMG Al-3%Mn alloy consists of dislocation slip, grain boundary sliding companied by dynamic recovery and recrystallization, and dynamic recrystallization is a main control factor of the large plastic deformation.
ISSN:1003-6326
DOI:10.1016/S1003-6326(11)61280-6