Microstructure and vacancy-type defects in high-pressure torsion deformed Al-Cu-Mg-Mn alloy

Author(s)
Wolfgang Lechner, Werner Puff, Bernhard Mingler, Michael Zehetbauer, Roland Würschum
Abstract

High-pressure torsion (HPT) was applied to the structural refinement of an age-hardenable Al–Cu–Mg–Mn alloy (AW 2017). HPT deformation gives rise to a fragmentation and dissolution of aging-induced precipitates and to a grain refinement down to sizes of 100 nm. Positron annihilation spectroscopy, in particular the chemical sensitive method of two-dimensional Doppler broadening spectroscopy, was used for a detailed analysis of the nature of vacancy-type defects induced by deformation and vacancy–solute interaction. The correlation between microstructure and atomic defects with thermal annealing is discussed.

Organisation(s)
Physics of Nanostructured Materials
External organisation(s)
Technische Universität Graz, Austrian Research Centers GmbH (ARC Seibersdorf)
Journal
Scripta Materialia
Volume
61
Pages
383-386
No. of pages
4
ISSN
1359-6462
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.04.027
Publication date
2009
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103023 Polymer physics, 210006 Nanotechnology, 103018 Materials physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/microstructure-and-vacancytype-defects-in-highpressure-torsion-deformed-alcumgmn-alloy(af4ec1cb-1420-42b6-b454-db4af25a708a).html