Microstructure Stability and Creep Behaviour of a Cu-0.2wt.%Zr Alloy Processed by Equal-Channel Angular Pressing
A dispersion-strengthened Cu-0.2 wt.% Zr alloy was subjected to equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) at room temperature for up to 12 passes through route Be using a die having a channel angle of 90°. The microstructural investigations were performed using both transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Tensile creep tests were conducted at temperature 673 K and at the applied stress in the range from 80 to 180 MPa. The migration of boundaries and subsequent grain growth were restricted by Cu9Zr2 precipitates. The study was performed in order to evaluate the effects of severe plastic deformation and precipitation on creep behaviour and microstructure of the pressed alloy. It was found that creep behaviour is strongly dependent on number of ECAP passes. The pressed alloy after up to 4 ECAP passes exhibited a considerable improvement in creep properties in comparison with the unpressed alloy.
Jifi Dvorak Petr Krai Marie.Kvapilova Milan Svoboda Vaclav Sklenicka
Institute of Physics of Materials,Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,616 62 Brno,Czech Republic
国际会议
5th International Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation(第五届剧烈塑性变形纳米材料国际会议)
南京
英文
821-826
2011-03-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）