An ultrafine-grained (UFG) Al-4Mg-1Zr alloy with a grain size of ∼0.7 µm with predominantly high-angle boundaries of 97% was produced by friction stir processing (FSP). The UFG Al-4Mg-1Zr retained submicrometer grains even after static annealing at 425 °C, and exhibited excellent superplasticity at 175-425 °C. High strain rate and low-temperature superplasticity of > 1200% were observed at 1 × 10-2-1 × 10-1 s-1 and 300-350 °C. Even at 425 °C, a superplasticity of 1400% was achieved at 1 s-1. A linear relationship between logover(ε, ̇)opti and T was observed (where over(ε, ̇)opti is the optimum strain rate, and T is the temperature). The analyses on the superplastic data revealed the presence of threshold stress, a stress exponent of 2, an inverse grain size dependence of 2, and an activation energy of 142 kJ mol-1. This indicated that the dominant deformation mechanism was grain boundary sliding, which was controlled by lattice diffusion. Based on this notion, a constitutive equation has been developed. A new superplastic deformation mechanism map for FSP aluminum alloys is proposed.
National Natural Science Foundation (China)
National Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of China
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
- Dominant Deformation Mechanism,
- Friction Stir Processing,
- Grain Size,
- High Angle Boundaries,
- High Strain Rates,
- Inverse Grain Size,
- Lattice Diffusion,
- Linear Relationships,
- Low Temperature Superplasticity,
- Static Annealing,
- Stress Exponents,
- Submicrometers,
- Superplastic Deformation Mechanisms,
- Threshold Stress,
- Ultra Fine Grained Microstructure,
- Ultrafine-grained,
- Activation Energy,
- Aluminum,
- Aluminum Alloys,
- Aluminum Metallurgy,
- Friction,
- Grain Boundaries,
- Grain Boundary Sliding,
- Grain Size And Shape,
- Microstructure,
- Superplastic Deformation,
- Superplasticity,
- Tribology,
- Zirconium,
- Strain Rate
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