Rev.Adv.Mater.Sci.(RAMS)
No 3, Vol. 10, 2005, pages 249-255

GRAIN STRUCTURE AND TEXTURE DEVELOPMENT DURING ECAP OF TWO HEAT-TREATABLE Al-BASED ALLOYS

Shun Cai Wang, Marco J. Starink, Nong Gao, Cheng Xu and Terence G. Langdon

Abstract

The microstructures of a spray-cast Al-7034 (Al-Zn-Mg-Cu) alloy and an Al-2024 (Al-Cu-Mg) alloy were studied using electron back-scatter diffraction (EBSD) after processing through equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP). The EBSD results demonstrate there is a relatively rapid increase in the fraction of low-angle boundaries during the initial ECAP passes and a subsequent more gradual increase in the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries in subsequent passes. The crystallographic textures and their rotations during ECAP were analysed through EBSD.

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