Abstract
High tensile strength of 616 MPa and improved ductility of 7.6 pct were obtained in powder-consolidated pure Cu processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) at room temperature followed by post-annealing at 673 K (400 °C). The powder-HPT consolidation process maintained nano-crystalline microstructures even after post-annealing due to the presence of well-dispersed oxide particles in the matrix. Higher ductility in the post-annealed specimen is attributed to higher fraction of stable ∑3 coincidence site lattice boundaries than that in the HPT-processed Cu.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4748-4752 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |