Rapid grain refinement and compositional homogenization in a cast binary Cu50Ni alloy achieved by friction stir processing

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Authors

  • Julian Escobar
  • Bharat Gwalani
  • Joshua Silverstein
  • Tanvi Ajantiwalay
  • Christian Roach
  • Luciano Bergmann
  • Jorge F. dos Santos
  • Emad Maawad
  • Benjamin Klusemann
  • Arun Devaraj
Friction stir processing (FSP) has been increasingly adopted for joining and processing materials in automotive, aerospace, and industrial construction. During FSP, a dynamic competition between high-speed shear deformation and deformation-induced heating brings about a complex competition between multiple dynamic microstructural evolution mechanisms making it difficult to predict the microstructural evolution pathway. Hence, improved understanding of microstructural evolution mechanisms during FSP can be beneficial for continued growth in the adoption of FSP for demanding applications of future. Towards this goal, this study uses a model binary Cu – 50 at.% Ni alloy to clarify the effect of single and double pass FSP on the microstructural evolution of a coarse grained and compositionally heterogeneous cast microstructure. High energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction, electron backscatter diffraction, and nanoindentation are used to clarify the microstructural evolution due to FSP. The process of compositional homogenization of as-cast segregations is studied by energy dispersive spectroscopy and atom probe tomography. Our results show that a single fast FSP pass at 30 mm.s−1 produces a 100 μm deep layer of submicrometric and hall-petch hardened CuNi grains. The initial cast compositional heterogeneities in a micrometric scale is rapidly transformed to nano-sized domains, mainly confined at grain boundaries. Double pass FSP increases the penetration depth of the processed layer and leads to a 2.9 times grain growth relative to single pass FSP. Grain fragmentation, discontinuous dynamic recrystallization, grain growth, and twinning mechanisms are discussed. These results highlight the value of FSP for ultrafast grain refinement and compositional homogenization of cast alloys.
Original languageEnglish
Article number112999
JournalMaterials Characterization
Volume202
Number of pages10
ISSN1044-5803
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.08.2023

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    Research areas

  • Engineering - Discontinuous dynamic recrystallization, Friction stir processing, Miscible alloys, Synchrotron X-ray diffraction

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