Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci. (RAMS)
No 1, Vol. 31, 2012, pages 36-39

GRADIENT MICROSTRUCTURE IN FeCr30Co8 HARD MAGNETIC ALLOY
SUBJECTED TO TENSION COMBINED WITH TORSION

A. Korneva, G. Korznikova and A. Korznikov

Abstract

The article presents the results of microstructure evolution studies of the FeCr30Co8 hard magnetic alloy, subjected to deformation by tension and torsion at 700 and 720 °C. The observations in the longitudinal section of the samples in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) showed a formation of gradient microstructure with the maximum grain refinement in the surface layer of the material. The EBSD examination confirmed the refinement of structure in the surface layer and the presence of sub-grained structure of the material. A little larger refinement of α phase grains was observed at temperature of deformation 700 °C than at 720 °C. However, the deformation was inhomogeneous along the whole longitudinal section of the sample. The highest deformation degree resulted from the torsion.

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