Journal
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Volume 153, Issue -, Pages 190-198Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2019.04.044
Keywords
Aluminum alloys; ECAE; EBSD; Activation volume; Dislocation density
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Aluminum-silicon (Al Si) alloys of high silicon contents are composite materials; they are used whenever high casting properties are required. They are slightly ductile below 8wt%Si. An increase in ductility can be obtained by refining Si-crystals in elaboration or by a further hot working. In the present work, an Al-7wt%Si alloy was processed by Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) at temperatures 20 degrees C and 160 degrees C up to three passes. The die was formed by two cylindrical channels with characteristic angles Phi = 110 degrees and Psi = 0. EBSD, X ray diffraction (XRD) and Strain Rate Sensitivity (SRS) were used to characterize the microstructure and the mechanical properties. High levels of strain were introduced at both temperatures. The activation volume was lowered to 125b(3) and 210b(3) at 20 degrees C and 160 degrees C respectively and was considered to be dislocation density dependent. The remaining dislocation densities calculated from EBSD, XRD and SRS experiments are quite different. This was explained by the scale difference and by the sensitivities of the methods to the free surface effect.
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