The Structure Evolution of a 99.995 Percent High Purity Aluminum during Multi-Forging Process in Room Temperature

Abstract:

In this study, a purity of 99.995percent high purity aluminum was multi-directionally forged up to a maximum cumulative strain of 4.5 at room temperature. The macro and micro structure evolution in the multi-directionally forge process was investigated by structure observations and hardness measurements. The results show that the inhomogeneous deformation of multi-directional forging results in that the structure and hardness is quite different between the easy deformation zone and stagnant zone. Dynamic recrystallization occurs in easy deformation zone of high purity aluminum sample at room temperature as the cumulative true strain is 1.5 (3 forging passes), while the structure in the stagnant zone is still not recrystallizated even at a cumulative true strain of 4.5 (9 forging passes). The recrystallized grain size in the easy deformation zone is reduced with the number of forging passes, and the area of recrystallize grains increase with the number of forging passes.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 794-796)
• Pages: 876-881
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.794-796.876
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Qing Feng Zhu*, Zhi Hao Zhao, Yu Bo Zuo, Lei Li, Jian Zhong Cui
• Keywords: Hardness, High Purity Aluminum, Multi-Directional Forging, Recrystallization

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