Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of Cu-0.36Be-0.46Co alloy fabricated by heating-cooling combined mold horizontal continuous casting during cold rolling

Cu-0.36wt.%Be-0.46wt.%Co alloy plate with 300 mm in width and 10 mm in thickness prepared by heating-cooling combined mold (HCCM) horizontal continuous casting was cold rolled. Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of the alloy as well as its deformation mechanism were investigated. The...

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Published in:Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China 2020-04, Vol.30 (4), p.958-971
Main Authors: JIANG, Yan-bin, ZHANG, Tong-tong, LEI, Yu, LIU, Xin-hua, CAO, Yang, XIE, Jian-xin, ZHAO, Bing, LI, Yong-hua, JIAO, Chuan-rong
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Language:English
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copper-beryllium alloy
HCCM horizontal continuous casting
mechanical properties
microstructure
rolling
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Summary:Cu-0.36wt.%Be-0.46wt.%Co alloy plate with 300 mm in width and 10 mm in thickness prepared by heating-cooling combined mold (HCCM) horizontal continuous casting was cold rolled. Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of the alloy as well as its deformation mechanism were investigated. The results showed that the as-cast alloy plate had columnar grains along the length direction, good surface quality and elongation of 35%, which was directly large-reduction cold rolled without surface treatment, and the accumulative cold rolling reduction reached 98%. When the reduction was small (20%), numerous dislocations and dislocation cells formed, and the deformation mechanism was dislocation slip. When the reduction was 40%, deformation twins appeared, and interactions between twins and dislocation cells induced strip-like dislocation cells. When the reduction exceeded 60%, shear bands formed and apparent crystal rotation in the micro-region happened. Further increasing the reduction, the amount of the shear bands rose and they interacted with each other, which refined the grains apparently. The tensile strength and hardness increased from 353 MPa and HV 119 of the as-cast alloy to 625 MPa and HV 208 with 95% reduction, respectively, and the elongation reduced from 35% to 7.6%. A process of HCCM horizontal continuous casting-cold rolling can work as a novel compact method to fabricate Cu-Be alloy sheet.
ISSN:1003-6326
DOI:10.1016/S1003-6326(20)65268-2