Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2018, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (10): 1089-1097.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-018-0781-x

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Influence of Cryorolling on the Precipitation of Cu-Ni-Si Alloys: An In Situ X-ray Diffraction Study

Wei Wang1, Zong-Ning Chen1, En-Yu Guo1, Hui-Jun Kang1(), Yi Liu2, Cun-Lei Zou1, Ren-Geng Li1, Guo-Mao Yin1, Tong-Min Wang1   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Solidification Control and Digital Preparation Technology (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
    2 Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China;
  • Received:2018-07-11 Revised:2018-07-11 Online:2018-10-10 Published:2018-10-30

Abstract:

The effect of cryorolling on the precipitation process of deformed Cu-Ni-Si alloys was investigated through in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction technique. The results demonstrate that the precipitation process is significantly accelerated by cryorolling. Cryorolling produces higher dislocation density, which provides more heterogeneous nucleation sites for Ni2Si precipitates, hence promotes precipitation. In the early stage of aging, the enhanced nucleation of precipitates accelerates the depletion of supersaturation, and finer precipitates are obtained. In addition, recrystallization is promoted as a result of high stored energy in the cryorolled Cu-Ni-Si alloys, which facilitates the formation of discontinuous precipitation in the late stage of aging.

Key words: Copper alloy, Cryogenic, Rolling, Aging precipitation, Synchrotron radiation, X-ray diffraction