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Microstructural evolution in two-phase alloys processed by high-pressure torsion

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The Zn-22 % Al eutectoid alloy and the Pb-62 % Sn eutectic alloy were processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT) over a range of experimental conditions. Both alloys exhibit similar characteristics with significant grain refinement after processing by HPT but with a reduction in the hardness values by comparison with the initial unprocessed conditions. It is shown that there are generally smaller grains at the edges of the disks by comparison with the disk centers. The hardness results in these two alloys are mutually consistent, but they are different from those generally reported for conventional single-phase materials. The significance of this difference is examined.

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One of the authors is grateful for a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (NXZ). This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of the United States under Grant No. DMR-1160966 and in part by the European Research Council under ERC Grant Agreement No. 267464-SPDMETALS.

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  1. Materials Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Nian Xian Zhang, Yi Huang & Terence G. Langdon

  2. Departments of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-1453, USA

    Megumi Kawasaki & Terence G. Langdon

  3. Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, 133-791, South Korea

    Megumi Kawasaki

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Zhang, N.X., Kawasaki, M., Huang, Y. et al. Microstructural evolution in two-phase alloys processed by high-pressure torsion. J Mater Sci 48, 4582–4591 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-7087-6

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