Microstructure and Local Mechanical Properties of Cu-Co Alloys after Severe Plastic Deformation

Abstract:

Microstructure of Cu-2wt.%Co alloy after various heat treatment (and hence with various phase constitution) was studied after equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique in a scanning electron microscope (SEM). We also focused on local mechanical properties measured across the section perpendicular to the ECAP extrusion direction. Starting from the grain size well above 1mm in the Cu-2wt.%Co solid solution, ECAP subsequently reduces grain size down to the submicron level. A comparison with pure Cu shows that the grain size homogenization is shifted towards higher number of ECAP passes. Fine dispersion of precipitates further slows down the grain refinement and grain size homogenization during ECAP processing. Local mechanical properties measured across the section perpendicular to the ECAP extrusion direction reveal systematic inhomogeneities of deformed microstructure caused by local gradients of temperature and pressure and by the processing geometry itself. This should be considered while characterizing the microstructure by a single EBSD measurement on a small selected area.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 586)
• Pages: 100-103
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.586.100
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Jiří Buršík, Vilma Buršíková, Milan Svoboda, Petr Král, Jiří Dvořák, Václav Sklenička
• Keywords: Depth Sensing Indentation (DSI), EBSD, Electron Microscopy, Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD)

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