Nokhrin, A.V.; Gryaznov, M.Y.; Shotin, S.V.; Nagicheva, G.S.; Chegurov, M.K.; Bobrov, A.A.; Kopylov, V.I.; Chuvil’deev, V.N. Effect of Sc, Hf, and Yb Additions on Superplasticity of a Fine-Grained Al-0.4%Zr Alloy. Metals2023, 13, 133.
Nokhrin, A.V.; Gryaznov, M.Y.; Shotin, S.V.; Nagicheva, G.S.; Chegurov, M.K.; Bobrov, A.A.; Kopylov, V.I.; Chuvil’deev, V.N. Effect of Sc, Hf, and Yb Additions on Superplasticity of a Fine-Grained Al-0.4%Zr Alloy. Metals 2023, 13, 133.
Nokhrin, A.V.; Gryaznov, M.Y.; Shotin, S.V.; Nagicheva, G.S.; Chegurov, M.K.; Bobrov, A.A.; Kopylov, V.I.; Chuvil’deev, V.N. Effect of Sc, Hf, and Yb Additions on Superplasticity of a Fine-Grained Al-0.4%Zr Alloy. Metals2023, 13, 133.
Nokhrin, A.V.; Gryaznov, M.Y.; Shotin, S.V.; Nagicheva, G.S.; Chegurov, M.K.; Bobrov, A.A.; Kopylov, V.I.; Chuvil’deev, V.N. Effect of Sc, Hf, and Yb Additions on Superplasticity of a Fine-Grained Al-0.4%Zr Alloy. Metals 2023, 13, 133.
Abstract
The research was undertaken to study the way deformation behaves in ultrafine-grained (UFG) conducting Al-Zr alloys doped with Sc, Hf, and Yb. All in all, 8 alloys were studied with zirconium partially replaced by Sc, Hf, and/or Yb. Doping elements (X = Zr, Sc, Hf, Yb) in the alloys total 0.4 wt.%. The choice of doping elements is conditioned by possible precipitation of Al3X particles with L12 structure while annealing these alloys. Such particles provide higher thermal stability of a nonequilibrium UFG microstructure. Initial coarse-grained samples were obtained by induction casting. The UFG microstructure in the alloys was formed by Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) at 225°C. Superplasticity tests were carried out at temperatures ranging from 300 to 500 °C and strain rates varying between 3.310-4 and 3.310-1 s-1. The highest values of elongation to failure are observed in Sc-doped alloys. A UFG Al-0.2%Zr-0.1%Sc-0.1%Hf alloy has maximum ductility: at 450 °C and a strain rate of 3.310-3 s-1, relative elongation to failure reaches 765%. At the onset of superplasticity, stress–strain curves are characterized by a stage of homogeneous strain and a long stage of localized plastic flow. The dependence of homogeneous strain (eq) on test temperature in UFG Sc-doped alloys is increasing uniformly, which is not the case for other UFG alloys with eq(T) dependence peaking at 350-400 оС. Strain rate sensitivity coefficient of flow stress m is small and does not exceed 0.26-0.3 at 400-500 °C. In UFG alloys containing no scandium, m coefficient is observed to go down to 0.12-0.18 at 500 оС. It has been suggested that lower m values are driven by intensive grain growth and pore formation in large Al3X particles, which develop specifically at the ingot crystallization stage.
Chemistry and Materials Science, Materials Science and Technology
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