Effect of Microstructure Refinement on Hardness Homogeneity of Aluminum Alloy 1100 Processed by Accumulative Roll Bonding
- Kuwait University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Petroleum (Kuwait)
- Kuwait University, Nanotechnology Research Facility, College of Engineering and Petroleum (Kuwait)
This work examines the effect of grain refinement via accumulative roll bonding (ARB) on the homogeneity of microstructure and hardness through the thickness of commercially pure aluminum AA1100 sheets. The use of 7 cycles of ARB was shown to produce homogeneous ultrafine-grained microstructure, reducing the grain size to 0.46 and 1.03 µm in normal direction and rolling direction, respectively. Examination by electron backscattered diffraction indicates that continuous dynamic recrystallization was the main mechanism for the formation of submicron equiaxed grains bounded with high-angle grain boundaries (HAGBs). The fraction of HAGBs increased gradually reaching a maximum of 71.6% after 7 cycles. Through-thickness hardness measurements using Vickers and nanoindentation tests show an increase from 43.5 Hv (0.85 GPa) for as-received sample to 63 Hv (1.1 GPa) after 7 cycles. The heterogeneity in hardness through the thickness of the as-received material was shown to restrain the evolution of uniform hardness across the sheet thickness with increasing ARB cycles. Tensile tests showed that the tensile strength is increased to 250 MPa, which is about 2 times its initial value. Owing to the high stacking fault energy of AA1100, strong dynamic recovery occurred with increasing ARB strain which was balanced with the strain hardening property of the material. This resulted in plastic instability at small strains and thus early necking during the tensile test.
- OSTI ID:
- 22970558
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 28; ISSN 1059-9495; ISSN JMEPEG
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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