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High strength nanocrystalline Cu–Co alloys with high tensile ductility
2018, Bachmaier, Andrea, Rathmayr, Georg Benedikt, Schmauch, Jörg, Schell, Norbert, Stark, Andreas, de Jonge, Niels, Pippan, Reinhard
A supersaturated single-phase Cu–26 at.% Co alloy was produced by high-pressure torsion deformation, leading to a nanocrystalline microstructure with a grain size smaller than 100 nm. The nonequilibrium solid solution decomposed during subsequent isothermal annealing. In situ high-energy X-ray diffraction was used to map changes linked to the separating phases, and the development of a nanoscale Cu–Co composite structure was observed. To gain further information about the relationship of the microstructure and the mechanical properties after phase separation, uniaxial tensile tests were conducted on as-deformed and isothermally annealed samples. Based on the in situ diffraction data, different isothermal annealing temperatures were chosen. Miniaturized tensile specimens with a round cross section were tested, and an image-based data evaluation method enabled the evaluation of true stress–strain curves and strain hardening behavior. The main results are as follows: all microstructural states showed high strength and ductility, which was achieved by a combination of strain-hardening and strain-rate hardening.
Verbundprojekt: Spitzenforschung und Innovation in den Neuen Ländern - Light2Hydrogen - "Energie für die Zukunft - Photokatalytische Spaltung von Wasser zu Wasserstoff": TP 2; TP 3 : Schlussbericht
2015, Brüser, Volker, Kruth, Angela, Weltmann, Klaus-Dieter
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