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Microstructure and finite element analysis of hot continuous rolling of doped tungsten rod

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The microstructures of doped tungsten deformed by multi-pass hot continuous rolling were investigated, and the stress and strain fields were simulated by finite element (FE) method. After the continuous rolling, the grains of the tungsten rod were refined, and the microhardness was improved; however, a ring region of abnormal grain growth was present at a distance of about 3/5R (R is the radius of the rod) from the center of the cross section. FE modeling results showed that the equivalent residual strains were minimum around the region of abnormal grain growth; this was due to the release of strain energy by severe plastic deformation, leading a situation where the migration force of grain boundaries was higher than the pinning force of potassium bubbles. By decreasing the initial rolling temperature and rolling speeds, the inhomogeneity of the equivalent residual stain decreased, improving the microstructure uniformity of the doped tungsten.

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This work was financially supported by Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program, China (No. 2017GGX20140) and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (Nos. ZR2014JL031 and ZR2018MEE016).

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    Zheng-jie Shao, Hai-po Liu, Xiao-chun He, Bing Zhou, Yang Li & Shang-zhou Zhang

  2. Weihai Multicrystal Tungsten & Molybdenum Technologies Co., Ltd., Weihai, 264202, China

    Meng-jin Li

  3. Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Shu-jun Li

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Shao, Zj., Liu, Hp., He, Xc. et al. Microstructure and finite element analysis of hot continuous rolling of doped tungsten rod. Int J Miner Metall Mater 26, 369–376 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1746-4

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