Papers by Author: Andre Luiz Pinto

Abstract: Grain boundary engineering has been applied to different materials in order to increase properties particularly sensitive to intergranular phenomena. This work analyses the micromechanisms that allow the control of the amount of special boundaries which respect coincidence site lattice theory. α-brass, a lead alloy, Inconel 625 and Inconel 600 were submitted to different thermomechanical treatments and were analyzed via electron backscatter diffraction in order to characterize their grain boundaries. The occurrence of thin twins in some crystal directions during the deformation step seems to determine the results obtained as well as strain induced boundary migration.

Abstract: In the present work the characterisation of both the microstructure and the microtexture of two ferritic stainless steel sheets - AISI 430 (Fe17% Cr) and AISI 434 (17% Cr, 1% Mo) - known to display different ridging behaviours, was carried out by optical metallography, EBSD and OIM techniques. It was concluded that severe ridging is a consequence of: (a) presence of {111} and {001} colonies of grains alternating throughout the sheet plane; (b) through thickness texture inhomogeneity with layers of {001}<110> oriented large grains of low Rvalues sandwiched between layers of higher R-value textured material.

Abstract: The recrystallization behavior of coarse-grained tantalum deformed at large strains is strongly dependent on its deformation microstructure. In this regard, a longitudinal section of a high-purity coarse-grained tantalum ingot obtained by double electron beam melting (EBM) was rolled at room temperature to thickness reductions varying from 70 to 92% followed by annealing in vacuum at 900 and 1200°C for 1 h. Microstructural characterization was performed in cold-rolled and annealed specimens using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in the backscattered mode (BSE), electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD), and microhardness testing. Results show that recrystallization of individual grains is strongly dependent on the initial orientation. In consequence, recrystallization kinetics varies noticeably from one grain to another. Inhomogeneous in-grain and grain-to-grain spatial distributions of textures are found in the tantalum plates. Texture components belonging to the so-called g fiber ({111}// ND) are in majority in the rolling plane. The presence of tiny recovered regions in the annealed plate is associated to stable orientations like rotated cube {001}<110>, which are very resistant to recrystallization even at high annealing temperatures. EBSD results also confirm the occurrence of growth selection during recrystallization in coarsegrained tantalum.