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  • Anna Morozova
  • Elijah Borodin
  • Vladimir Bratov
  • Sergey Zherebtsov
  • Andrey Belyakov
  • Rustam Kaibyshev

This paper investigates the microstructural evolution and grain refinement kinetics of a solution-treated Cu-0.1Cr-0.06Zr alloy during equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at a temperature of 673 K via route BC. The microstructural change during plastic deformation was accompanied by the formation of the microband and an increase in the misorientations of strain-induced subboundaries. We argue that continuous dynamic recrystallization refined the initially coarse grains, and discuss the dynamic recrystallization kinetics in terms of grain/subgrain boundary triple junction evolution. A modified Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov relationship with a strain exponent of about 1.49 is used to express the strain dependence of the triple junctions of high-angle boundaries. Severe plastic deformation by ECAP led to substantial strengthening of the Cu-0.1Cr-0.06Zr alloy. The yield strength increased from 60 MPa in the initial state to 445 MPa after a total strain level of 12.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1394
Number of pages13
JournalMaterials
Volume10
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

    Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)

    Research areas

  • Cu-Cr-Zr alloy, Grain refinement, Grain refinement kinetics, Severe plastic deformation, Triple junctions

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