Grain refinement of commercial purity zirconium by equal channel angular pressing

  • H. S. Kim*
  • , D. H. Joo
  • , M. H. Kim
  • , S. K. Hwang
  • , S. I. Kwun
  • , S. W. Chae
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    To develop an ultrafine grain structure in commercial purity zirconium, equal channel angular ECA pressing was carried out at room temperature by varying the number of passes and the rotation methods. It was possible to reduce the grain size to 0·2 μm without fracture of the specimen by the imposition of severe plastic straining on commercial purity zirconium via ECA pressing. Grain size decreased and misorientation between grains increased with increasing number of ECA pressing passes, using processing route BA in which the specimen was rotated by 90° in the same direction between each consecutive pass through the ECA pressing die.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)403-405
    Number of pages3
    JournalMaterials Science and Technology
    Volume19
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003 Mar 1

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering

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