Yiming Zhong, Bo Zhang, Ling Fang, 等. Giant hardening and formation of nanograined supersaturated solid solution in Al–Zn system[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2023,11(9):764-771.
Yiming Zhong, Bo Zhang, Ling Fang, et al. Giant hardening and formation of nanograined supersaturated solid solution in Al–Zn system[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2023, 11(9): 764-771.
Yiming Zhong, Bo Zhang, Ling Fang, 等. Giant hardening and formation of nanograined supersaturated solid solution in Al–Zn system[J]. 材料研究快报(英文), 2023,11(9):764-771.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2023.2233993.
Yiming Zhong, Bo Zhang, Ling Fang, et al. Giant hardening and formation of nanograined supersaturated solid solution in Al–Zn system[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2023, 11(9): 764-771.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2023.2233993.
Giant hardening and formation of nanograined supersaturated solid solution in Al–Zn system
Grain refinement via severe plastic deformation (SPD) can induce the decomposition of Al–Zn supersaturated solid solution
resulting in strain softening rather than hardening. So far
it is very challenging to improve the strength of binary Al–Zn alloy by refining grains through SPD. Herein
a single-phase supersaturated solid solution nanostructure with relaxed grain boundaries has been successfully generated in Al–21.7 at% Zn alloy by cryogenic high-pressure torsion. Instead of softening
giant hardening is achieved. The nanocrystalline Al–Zn alloy with grain size of 15 nm has an ultrahigh yield strength of about 642 MPa.