Microstructure Evolution in 5083 AI-Mg Alloy Exhibiting Low Temperature Superplasticity at 250°C

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)639-644
Journal / PublicationMaterials Science Forum
Volume304-306
Online published23 Feb 1999
Publication statusPublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

Conference

Title2nd International Conference on Towards Innovation in Superplasticity
Location
PlaceJapan
CityKobe
Period21 - 24 September 1998

Abstract

The current study developed a simple rolling-type TMT to process the commercial 5083 to exhibit low temperature superplasticity at 250 °C and 1×10-3 s-1, with an optimum tensile elongation to 400%. The TMT processed thin sheet contained (sub)grains measuring 0.5×0.5×0.2 μm. During superplastic straining, the subgrains gradually transformed into well-defined equiaxed grains to ∼1 μm at ε=0.5 and ∼1.5 μm at ε=0.9. At temperatures lower than 300 °C, the grains grew limitedly and maintained LTSP, with failure by cavitation coalescence. The flow stress of the LTSP specimens dropped to nearly one half as compared with the AR non-superplastic samples, and the strain rate sensitivity increased from 0.15-0.2 of the AR specimens to 0.3-0.4 of the LTSP ones. The effects from rolling temperature and rolling reduction ratio on the LTSP characteristics were also examined.

Research Area(s)

  • 5083 Alloy, Low Temperature Superplasticity, Microstructure Evolution