High-pressure torsion of pure metals: Influence of atomic bond parameters and stacking fault energy on grain size and correlation with hardness

Kaveh Edalati, Zenji Horita

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Abstract

The grain size in pure elements (magnesium, aluminum, silicon, titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, nickel, copper, zinc, germanium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, palladium, silver, indium, tin, hafnium, tantalum, gold and lead) after processing by high-pressure torsion (HPT) reaches steady-state levels where the grain size remains unchanged with straining. The steady-state grain sizes decrease by atomic bond energy and related parameters such as specific heat capacity, activation energy for self-diffusion and homologous temperature and are reasonably independent of stacking fault energy. A good correlation exists between the hardness normalized by the shear modulus and grain size normalized by the Burgers vector, indicating that the important factor for strengthening HPT-processed pure metals is the average size of grains having high angles of misorientation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6831-6836
Number of pages6
JournalActa Materialia
Volume59
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Metals and Alloys

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