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EBSD Study on Grain Boundary and Microtexture Evolutions During Friction Stir Processing of A413 Cast Aluminum Alloy

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The as-cast Al alloys contain heterogeneous distributions of non-deforming particles due to non-equilibrium solidification effects. Therefore, these alloys have poor tribological and mechanical behaviors. It is well known that using friction stir processing (FSP), very fine microstructure is created in the as-cast Al alloys, while their wear resistance can be improved. In this research work, FSP is used to locally refine a surface layer of the coarse as-cast microstructure of cast A413 Al alloy. The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of FSP on microstructure and microtexture evolutions in A413 cast Al alloy. The grain boundary character distribution, grain structure, and microtexture evolutions in as-cast and friction stir processed A413 Al alloy are analyzed by electron back scatter diffraction technique. It is found that with the FSP, the fraction of low ∑boundary such as ∑3, 7, and 9 are increased. The obtained results show that there are no deformation texture components in the structure of friction stir processed samples. However, some of the main recrystallization texture components such as BR and cubeND are formed during FSP which indicate the occurrence of dynamic recrystallization phenomenon due to the severe plastic deformation induced by the rotation of tool.

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  1. Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156-83111, Isfahan, Iran

    Morteza Shamanian

  2. Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, 38156-8-8349, Arak, Iran

    Hossein Mostaan

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arak University of Technology, Arak, Iran

    Mehdi Safari

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, Canada

    Jerzy A. Szpunar

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Shamanian, M., Mostaan, H., Safari, M. et al. EBSD Study on Grain Boundary and Microtexture Evolutions During Friction Stir Processing of A413 Cast Aluminum Alloy. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 25, 2824–2835 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-016-2141-1

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