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The effect of fatigue deformation on microstructural evolution in a superplastic aluminum-zinc eutectoid alloy

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The microstructure of a superplastic aluminum-zinc eutectoid alloy that had been fatigue tested at 100 °C and 200 °C was examined. At 100 °C, in the aluminum-rich phase, precipitate-free zones (PFZs) formed beside (Al)/(Zn) interphase boundaries because of interphase boundary migration. Interphase boundary migration was due to phase growth, which proceeded more rapidly during fatigue deformation than during annealing. At 100 °C and 200 °C, PFZs beside (Al)/(Al) grain boundaries were asymmetrical owing to grain boundary migration. The precipitation of the equilibrium zinc-rich phase in the aluminum-rich phase proceeded more rapidly during fatigue deformation than during annealing.

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  1. Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, PQ H3A 2A7, Montreal, Canada

    J. W. Bowden (CSIRA Research Associate)

  2. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, ON, Canada

    B. Ramaswami (Professor)

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J. W. BOWDEN, formerly Graduate Student, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

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Bowden, J.W., Ramaswami, B. The effect of fatigue deformation on microstructural evolution in a superplastic aluminum-zinc eutectoid alloy. Metall Trans A 21, 2505–2511 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02646995

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