Abstract: Comparing with ordinary ploycrystalline materials sized to μm grade,the slip morphology of the coarse grained polycrystalline pure Al is characterized by:(1)several slip domains occur in a grain,and in same domain,several slip systems operate at same time or one after another intensely,a beautiful and neat slip pattern is forming on the specimen surface;(2)for high Σ-value coincident and random grain boundaries,the grain boundary affecting zone (GBAZ),bout 50—120μm wide,is favourable site to form intergranular crack at early fa- tigue life easily,and migration or slide of the boundaries were often observed.While low Σ-value near-coincident grain boundaries show a higher degree of slip continuity and strain compatibility than high Σ-value ones.Intergranular crack is not easily nucleated at low Σ-value near-coincident boundaries;and(3)due to suppression of grain boundary slip at triple grain boundary node,the high Σ-value and random grain boundary among the three boundaries of tricrystal crack easily during cyclic deformation.

Key words: coincident grain boundary, random grain boundary, intergranular crack, boundary slide, serrated grain boundary