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A study has been made of cavity growth during superplastic tensile deformation of two microduplex α/β nickel-silvers, one a Cu-Zn-Ni alloy and the other a Cu-Zn-Ni-Mn alloy. For cavities with radii of >0.5 /gmm, measured growth rates were found to be in good agreement with values calculated on the assumption that cavity growth was controlled by viscous flow of the matrix. For smaller cavity sizes a diffusional growth mechanism could predominate. Metallography revealed that cavity morphology changed with strain in a manner consistent with diffusion-controlled growth at small sizes, and matrix deformation controlled growth at intermediate and large cavity sizes. Density studies showed that the overall level of cavitation was independent of both strain rate and temperature, and was influenced only by strain.
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Livesey, D.W., Ridley, N. Cavitation and cavity growth during superplastic flow in microduplex Cu-Zn-Ni alloys. Metall Trans A 13, 1619–1626 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02644802
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