TY - JOUR
T1 - Microstructural changes of the as-quenched Zn-22 mass% Al-2 mass% Cu alloy during cold rolling
AU - Dorantes-Rosales, Héctor Javier
AU - Rivas-López, Diego Israel
AU - Hernández-Santiago, Felipe
AU - Saucedo-Muñoz, Maribel Leticia
AU - López-Hirata, Víctor Manuel
PY - 2002/5
Y1 - 2002/5
N2 - A study of the microstructural changes of a Zn-22 mass%Al-2 mass%Cu alloy was conducted during rolling at room temperature. Cold rolling was pursued on the as-quenched and room temperature aged samples. A reduction in thickness of about 97.6% and a total elongation of 3510% were obtained in the former sample while a sudden crack was present in the later sample. The X-ray diffraction and TEM results showed that nanometric equiaxial grains of the α and η phases in a matrix of the β phase were present during the rolling process of the as-quenched sample. Aged sample showed the presence of micrometric equiaxial grains of the α and β phases. The formation of nanometric grains of the α and η phases seems to be occurred by a strain-induced phase transformation. These nanometric grains seem to be the responsible for the superplasticity observed at room temperature in this kind of alloys.
AB - A study of the microstructural changes of a Zn-22 mass%Al-2 mass%Cu alloy was conducted during rolling at room temperature. Cold rolling was pursued on the as-quenched and room temperature aged samples. A reduction in thickness of about 97.6% and a total elongation of 3510% were obtained in the former sample while a sudden crack was present in the later sample. The X-ray diffraction and TEM results showed that nanometric equiaxial grains of the α and η phases in a matrix of the β phase were present during the rolling process of the as-quenched sample. Aged sample showed the presence of micrometric equiaxial grains of the α and β phases. The formation of nanometric grains of the α and η phases seems to be occurred by a strain-induced phase transformation. These nanometric grains seem to be the responsible for the superplasticity observed at room temperature in this kind of alloys.
KW - Cold working
KW - Phase transformations
KW - Transmission electron microscopy
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - Zinc-aluminum alloy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036577586&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2320/matertrans.43.1240
DO - 10.2320/matertrans.43.1240
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:0036577586
SN - 1345-9678
VL - 43
SP - 1240
EP - 1242
JO - Materials Transactions
JF - Materials Transactions
IS - 5
ER -