Grain growth behavior of a nanostructured 5083 Al–Mg alloy

A nanostructured 5083 Al–Mg alloy powder was subjected to various thermal heat treatments in an attempt to understand the fundamental mechanisms of recovery, recrystallization and grain growth as they apply to nanostructured materials. A low-temperature stress relaxation process associated with reor...

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Published in:Journal of materials research 2001-04, Vol.16 (4), p.938-944
Main Authors: Tellkamp, V. L., Dallek, S., Cheng, D., Lavernia, E. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A nanostructured 5083 Al–Mg alloy powder was subjected to various thermal heat treatments in an attempt to understand the fundamental mechanisms of recovery, recrystallization and grain growth as they apply to nanostructured materials. A low-temperature stress relaxation process associated with reordering of the grain boundaries was found to occur at 158 °C. A bimodal restructuring of the grains occurred at 307 °C for the unconstrained grains and 381 °C for the constrained grains. An approximate activation energy of 5.6 kJ/mol was found for the metastable nanostructured grains, while an approximate activation energy of 142 kJ/mol was found above the restructuring temperature.
ISSN:0884-2914
2044-5326
DOI:10.1557/JMR.2001.0133