Deformation and recrystallization in aluminum single- and bi-crystals (2)

2013

JMMP

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The changes in the microstructures associated with plastic deformation and strain/stress were measured using the strain scanning method with hard synchrotron radiation. Aluminum single crystals tensile-deformed along the <111> direction exhibit a macroscopically uniform multiple-slip without deformation bands. Plastic deformation has an insignificant effect on lattice spacing, and is likely responsible for the relatively uniform distribution of internal stress with a small absolute value. With regard to the crystallographic orientation, the rocking curves in the as-annealed sample differed with position, strongly suggesting that mosaic structures exist in a single crystal. In the 8% tensile-deformed sample, mosaic blocks are divided into smaller size. The increase in the number of mosaic blocks with deformation causes broadening the rocking curve and FWHM of the profile.

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Internal Residual Stress Measurements of Tensile-Deformed Aluminum Single Crystals Using Synchrotron Radiation

2013

JMMP

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Tensile deformation and recrystallization of aluminum single crystals with sub-grained structures studied by synchrotron X-ray radiation

Mechanical Engineering Journal

2020

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Tensile deformation and recrystallization of aluminum single crystals with sub-grained structures studied by synchrotron X-ray radiation Abstract X-ray diffraction experiments were carried out to non-destructively study the interior of aluminum single crystals at the pre-deformation, post-deformation and post-annealing stages using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8. Single crystals were grown by the Bridgman method. The as-grown samples were not perfect from the crystallographic perspective, but were composed of several sub-grains with misorientations smaller than 1° across the sub-boundaries. Although the difference in orientation in the cross section of the sample increased about 0.7° by the application of the nominal strain of 8% in tension along the <111> direction, the sub-grain structures remained largely unchanged. No evidence was found of the local accumulation of dislocations at the sub-boundaries. The orientation map of the deformed sample clearly shows that no non-uniformly deformed regions formed inside the sample. The level of residual strain calculated by the strain-scanning method was as low as 1×10-4. After annealing at 480 °C, the whole cross section of the center of the sample was covered by a single recrystallized grain. Although the resolution of the present experiments was insufficient to observe potential nucleation sites of recrystallized grains in <111>-oriented crystals, a possible candidate for the sites may be assumed at the intersections of certain types of slip bands.

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<i>In situ</i> synchrotron radiation observation of deformation and annealing processes of aluminum single crystal

Mechanical Engineering Journal

2021

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