Published March 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Observations on the ductile-to-brittle transition in ultrafine-grained tungsten of commercial purity

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094 (China)
  • 2. Ufa State Aviation Technical University, 12 K. Marx, Ufa 450000 (Russian Federation)

Description

Rods of commercial-purity tungsten were subjected to severe plastic deformation by means of equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP). An ultrafine-grained (UFG) equiaxed microstructure with an average grain size of about 0.9 μm was developed. Microhardness measurements in a wide range of temperatures suggest a ductile-to-brittle transition at temperatures below 350 deg. C in the UFG samples after ECAP. In contrast, the results on the as-received material suggest a ductile-to-brittle transition temperature above 483 deg. C

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2008.07.074

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.msea.2008.07.074;
PII
S0921-5093(08)01300-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Materials Science and Engineering. A, Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
Journal Volume
503
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 37-40
ISSN
0921-5093
CODEN
MSAPE3

Conference

Title
International symposium on bulk nanostructured materials: From fundamentals to innovation
Acronym
BNM-2007
Dates
14-19 Aug 2007
Place
Ufa (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40068773
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DUCTILE-BRITTLE TRANSITIONS; GRAIN SIZE; MICROHARDNESS; PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; REFRACTORY METALS; SIZE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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