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Effects of Ce Addition on High Temperature Deformation Behavior of Cu-Cr-Zr Alloys

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Hot deformation behavior of the Cu-Cr-Zr and Cu-Cr-Zr-Ce alloys was investigated by compressive tests using the Glee-ble-1500D thermomechanical simulator at 650-850 °C and 0.001-10 s−1 strain rate. The flow stress decreased with the deformation temperature at a given stain rate. However, the flow stress increased with the strain rate at the same deformation temperature. The constitutive equations for two kinds of alloys were obtained by correlating the flow stress, the strain rate and temperature using stepwise regression analysis. The addition of Ce can refine the grain and effectively accelerate dynamic recrystallization. The processing maps were established, based on the dynamic material model. Instability zones in the flow behavior can be easily recognized. Hot deformation optimal processing parameters were obtained in the range of this experiment. The hot deformation characteristics and microstructure were also analyzed by the processing maps. The addition of Ce can optimize hot workability of the Cu-Cr-Zr alloy.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51101052) and the National Science Foundation (IRES1358088).

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471003, China

    Yi Zhang, Zhe Chai & Baohong Tian

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33620, USA

    Yi Zhang, Alex A. Volinsky & Hai T. Tran

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Zhe Chai & Ping Liu

  4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Nonferrous Metals, Henan Province, Luoyang, 471003, China

    Yi Zhang & Baohong Tian

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Zhang, Y., Volinsky, A.A., Tran, H.T. et al. Effects of Ce Addition on High Temperature Deformation Behavior of Cu-Cr-Zr Alloys. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 24, 3783–3788 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-015-1693-9

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