Editors: | F. Kongoli, S. Kobe, M. Calin, J.-M. Dubois, T. Turna |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2018 |
Pages: | 154 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-987820-90-4 |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
The influence of high pressure torsion (HPT) on the diffusive and displacive phase transformations in sustainable advanced materials has been studied. In diluted Cu-based binary alloys the HPT drives the competition between deformation-driven precipitation and dissolution of precipitates. The dynamic equilibrium between these two processes is reached already after 1.5-2 anvil rotations. The composition of Cu-matrix in this equifinal state is equal to that which can be reached in equilibrium after long annealing at a certain temperature T<sub><i>eff</i></sub>. T<sub><i>eff</i></sub> in diluted Cu-based binary alloys increases with increasing activation enthalpy of diffusion of a second component and its melting temperature Tm [1, 2].
In Cu-Al-Ni shape memory alloys, HPT leads to the combination of displacive (austenite-martensite) and diffusive (decomposition of supersaturated solid solution) phase transitions. On the one hand, the HPT of these alloys led to the precipitation of α1-phase in the Al-pure alloy and to the precipitation of γ1-phase in the Al-rich one (as if they were annealed at an effective temperature T<sub><i>eff</i></sub> = 620-20°C). As a result of this precipitation, the matrix in the first alloy was enriched and in the second one depleted in Al. The resultant composition change in the Cu-rich matrix changed also the route for the martensitic transformations. After HPT, both alloys contained mainly β'3 martensite with a certain amount of γ'3 martensite. Thus, the HPT-driven diffusive transformations (precipitation of α1- and γ1-phase) influence the followed displacive (martensitic) transformation [3].
The combination of displacive and diffusive phase transitions has been observed also under HPT of Ti-Fe and Ti-Co alloys [4].