A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Remarkable transitions of yield behavior and Lüders deformation in pure Cu by changing grain sizes
Authors: Y.Z. Tian, S. Gao, L.J. Zhao, S. Lu, R. Pippan, Z.F. Zhang, N. Tsuji
Publisher: Acta Materialia Inc
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Scripta Materialia
Journal name in source: Scripta Materialia
Volume: 142
First page : 88
Last page: 91
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 1359-6462
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.08.034
Fully recrystallized ultrafine-grained (UFG) pure Cu specimens were fabricated by high-pressure torsion (HPT) and controlled annealing. The recrystallized UFG Cu with a minimum mean grain size of 0.51 μm showed high yield strength, good ductility, obvious yield drop and large Lüders strain during tensile test. The mechanical behavior of the Cu specimen became sensitive to the change in the grain size from 0.2 μm to 4.2 μm. The continuous transitions of yield behavior and Lüders deformation with grain sizes were discussed.