Author： Ning J. L. Jiang D. M. Fan J. Z. Zuo T. Zhang Q. Xu J.
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 1743-2847
Source： Materials Science and Technology, Vol.25, Iss.7, 2009-07, pp. : 820-828
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Abstract
An as cast Al–Mg–Mn alloy with coarse equiaxed grain structure was processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at 350°C up to eight passes. Systematic studies were made on the microstructural evolution during ECAP by optical microscopy, electron backscattered diffraction and TEM. Equal channel angular pressing led to a considerable grain refinement, resulting in an average cell size of about 1 μm and a fraction of high angle boundaries of 75% after eight pressing passes. Deformation bands were not developed during the ECAP process, and a reasonably equiaxed substructure was obtained even after one pass. The main mechanism of grain refinement was attributed to the continuous dynamic recrystallisation based on the motion of deformation induced dislocations. Discontinuous recrystallisation at grain boundaries and triple junctions also contributed to the refinement, which played an important role especially at high strain of eight passes.
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