Microstructure and hardness of W-25Re alloy processed by high-pressure torsion

The evolution of microstructure and microhardness was studied in a commercial tungsten-25%rhenium(mass fraction)(W-25Re)alloy processed by the high pressure torsion(HPT)procedure under a pressure of7.7GPa up to10revolutions at different temperatures.The results show that the samples processed by10revolutions at room temperature could have the smallest grain size at around0.209μm.High saturation hardness(HV^1200)could be achieved after the rapid strengthening stage for samples processed by10revolutions both at room temperature and at573K.Microstructural observation and analysis from Hall-Patch relationship could reveal that grain refinement and grain boundaries strengthening are the main factors of hardening mechanism in W-25Re alloy.It is also demonstrated that sintered W-25Re sample may have brittle phase separation phenomenon after HPT processing.

Phase Transformation in Al/Zn Multilayers during Mechanical Alloying

In this work,mechanical alloying of the alternating stacked pure Al and Zn thin foils was accomplished via high-pressure torsion(HPT).In the alloyed Al-Zn system,an exotic phase transformation from hexagonal close-packed(HCP)to face-centered cubic(FCC)was identified.The atomic-scale evolution process and underlying mechanism of phase transformation down to atomic scale are provided by molecular dynamics simulation and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.The HCP→FCC phase transformation was attributed to the sliding of Shockley partial dislocations generated at the Al-Zn grain boundaries,which resulted in an[2110][011]and(0001)/(111)orientation relationship between the two phases.This work provides a new approach for the in-depth study of the solid phase transformation of Al-Zn alloys and also shed lights on understanding the mechanical properties of the HPT processed Al-Zn alloys.

Microstructural evolution and fracture mechanism of a new AlZn-Mg-Cu-Zr alloy processed by equal-channel angular pressing

Equal-channel angular pressing(ECAP) is considered to be one of the most effective processing procedures to produce ultrafine-grained(UFG) materials.A new AI-ZnMg-Cu-Zr alloy was subjected to ECAP experiment in Route B_(C)(i.e.,rotated 90° in the same sense between each pass).The effect of ECAP on the microstructural evolution and fracture mechanism of the alloy was analyzed by optical microscope(OM),X-ray diffraction(XRD),tensile test(at room temperature),and scanning electron microscope(SEM).The results show that the main strengthening phase of the alloy is MgZn_(2),whose content increases apparently after ECAP,the dislocation density increases by one order of magnitude,the hardness value of the 1 pass ECAPed sample increases by 53 %,the ultimate tensile strength(UTS)increases by 29 %,and the true strain increases by 15.4 %.But the further increase in the strength with the passes increasing would cost a slight drop in the true strain.The morphology of the tensile dimples is converted from elongated one to equiaxed one with a uniform distribution of size and depth after pressing.