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The Influence of Grain Size on Twinning and Microstructure Refinement During Cold Rolling of Commercial-Purity Titanium

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Microstructure evolution in commercial-purity titanium (CP Ti) with various initial grain sizes (1, 7, 15, and 30 μm) during plane-strain multipass rolling to a true thickness strain of 2.66 at 293 K (20 °C) was established. The degree of deformation twinning was found to be strongly dependent on grain size. Twinning was rare in the material with a grain size of 1 μm. For all grain sizes >15 μm, the occurrence of twinning reached a similar, maximum level. Concurrently, the propensity for twinning enhanced the kinetics of microstructure refinement particularly for the initially coarse-grain materials. Due to the extensive twinning-induced microstructure refinement, rolling of coarse-grain (15 μm) CP Ti to a true thickness strain of 2.66 resulted in the formation of an ultrafine microstructure with a grain/subgrain size of 200-300 nm, a value similar to that attained for the initially micrometer-scale microstructure. The effect of grain size on twinning in titanium was discussed in the context of a disclination model.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Ministry of Education and Science, Russia (Belgorod State University, Project No. 11.1816.2014/K). The authors are grateful to the personnel of the Joint Research Centre, Belgorod State University, for their assistance with the experimental analysis.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Belgorod State University, 85 Pobeda str, Belgorod, 308015, Russia

    S. V. Zherebtsov (Head of Department)

  2. Institute of Physics of Advanced Materials, Ufa State Aviation Technical University, K. Marks 12, Ufa, 450000, Russia

    G. S. Dyakonov (Researcher)

  3. Laboratory of Bulk Nanostructured Materials, Belgorod State University, 85 Pobeda str, Belgorod, 308015, Russia

    G. A. Salishchev (Head of Laboratory)

  4. Materials Resources LLC, Dayton, OH, 45402, USA

    A. A. Salem (President and CEO)

  5. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL/RXCM, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, 45433-7817, USA

    S. L. Semiatin (Senior Scientist)

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Zherebtsov, S.V., Dyakonov, G.S., Salishchev, G.A. et al. The Influence of Grain Size on Twinning and Microstructure Refinement During Cold Rolling of Commercial-Purity Titanium. Metall Mater Trans A 47, 5101–5113 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3679-0

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