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Title
Effect of stacking fault energy on the restoration mechanisms and mechanical properties of friction stir welded copper alloys
Type of Research Article
Keywords
Friction stir welding Stacking fault energy Dynamic recrystallization, Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Abstract
Pure copper and Cu-Zn plateswere friction stirwelded under the samecondition to evaluate the effect of stacking fault energy on the microstructural evolution andmechanical properties of the joints. For this aim, microstructure and texture of the joints were systematically characterized by electron backscattered diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Moreover, to study the mechanical properties of the different microstructural zones of the joints, nanoindentation tests were employed. The results showed that in pure copper, continuous dynamic recrystallizationwas the only restoration mechanismfor the formation of newgrains. By adding zinc into copper, namely decreasing stacking fault energy, both continuous and discontinuous dynamic recrystallization mechanisms occurred. To this end, the effect of stacking fault energy on the restoration mechanisms has been summarized by schematic models. Moreover, the effect of the restoration mechanisms on the yield strength and strain hardening behavior of the joints has been scrutinized.
Researchers Akbar Heidarzadeh (First Researcher)، Tohid Saeid (Second Researcher)، Volker Klemm (Third Researcher)، Ali Chabok (Fourth Researcher)، Yutao Pei (Fifth Researcher)