Abstract
The present work revealed that equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) deformation combined with appropriate annealing could represent as an efficient route to modify immiscible as-cast microstructure of a monotectic Al–8Bi alloy by a complete redistribution of immiscible Bi particles and grain refinement of alloy matrix. Especially, we found that the mean size of Bi particles in the 4-pass ECAPed Al–8Bi sample decreases after annealing at 200 °C for 8 h, due to inverse coarsening driven by the reduction of elastic energy and interfacial energy induced by morphology change and spatial distribution of Bi particles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 124-128 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 155 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Al–Bi alloys
- ECAP
- Microstructure
- Particle dispersion
- Recrystallization