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Processing by high-pressure torsion (HPT) was performed on disks of an Al-7075 alloy at room temperature. The alloy was initially annealed at 753 K and then processed by HPT under a pressure of 6.0 GPa up to a maximum of ten turns. Measurements of the Vickers microhardness showed lower values at the centers of the disks after small numbers of turns but higher numbers of turns led to a reasonable hardness homogeneity across each disk. After five turns, the grain size at the edge of the disk was ~250 nm. It is demonstrated that results from mechanical testing are consistent with the hardness and microstructural data.
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This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of the United States under Grant No. DMR-0855009 and in part by the European Research Council under ERC Grant Agreement No. 267464-SPDMETALS.
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Sabbaghianrad, S., Kawasaki, M. & Langdon, T.G. Microstructural evolution and the mechanical properties of an aluminum alloy processed by high-pressure torsion. J Mater Sci 47, 7789–7795 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6524-x
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