High Strain Rate Superplasticity in an Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloy Produced by Equal Channel Angular Pressing and Subsequent Cold and Warm Rolling

Abstract:

Superplastic (SP) properties of an Al−5%Mg−0.2%Sc−0.08%Zr alloy subjected to equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at T=325°C with an effective stain of ~ 8 and subsequent rolling at the same and ambient temperatures were studied. It has been shown that the formation of ultrafine grained (UFG) structure with the grain size of about 1 μm and the volume fraction 0.6-0.7 under ECAP resulted in exceptionally high SP ductilities in a wide temperature - strain rate range. Maximum elongations ~3300% appeared at 475°C and the strain rate () of 5.6×10^-2 s^-1. Subsequent warm rolling with a total reduction of 86% led to increased to 0.8-0.85 volume fraction of ultrafine grains with no changes in grain size. Cold rolling with reduction of 80%, in contrast, provided a heavily deformed structure with high dislocation density. In spite of the difference in the alloy microstructures, the SP properties in both rolled conditions were close to similar. The both states exhibited SP behavior with maximum elongation of ~ 2800% at 520°C and = 1.4 ×10^-2 s^-1.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 710)
• Pages: 223-228
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.710.223
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Elena Avtokratova, Oleg Sitdikov, Oksana Mukhametdinova, Michael Markushev
• Keywords: Rolling , Aluminium Alloy, Microstructure, Severe Plastic Deformation (SPD), Superplasticity

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