Secondary recrystallization in non-sag W filament wires -- On the possible role of relative grain boundary character distribution
- IIT Bombay (India). Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science
- Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Heverlee (Belgium)
- Philips Lighting NV, Turnhout (Belgium)
- Philips Lighting, Maarheeze (Netherlands)
Non-Sag tungsten (W) wire is indispensable for the lighting industry. For the necessary creep resistance, large elongated grains are considered as the desired microstructure. These large grains are obtained by primary and secondary recrystallization. In the present study an effort has been made to characterize and to understand the origin of such large elongated grains. In secondary recrystallization, often called abnormal grain growth, a few of the grains grow massive. The mechanisms of normal and abnormal grain growth are essentially the same, involving high angle boundary migration and driven by the reduction of surface energy. The abnormal grain growth can be visualized as a growth advantage for a few of the grains or growth disadvantage for the majority. Such an advantage/disadvantage may be caused by (1) differences in grain size and/or (2) differences in grain boundary character distribution (GBCD). In other words, a grain may grow massive if it has large size and/or possibilities of more favorable (i.e., of higher mobility) grain boundaries with the matrix grains.
- OSTI ID:
- 361724
- Journal Information:
- Scripta Materialia, Vol. 40, Issue 11; Other Information: PBD: 7 May 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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