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[en] A uranium-6 niobium alloy was shown to exhibit superplasticity. A thermomechanical processing (TMP) sequence was used to develop the ultrafine grain size essential for superplastic behavior. Strain-rate sensitivity, maximum elongation, and flow curve data indicated that this alloy is superplastic above the monotectoid temperature (647 C) in the equilibrium γ1, single-phase, temperature regime. The existence of superplasticity in the single-phase temperature regime was explained by the presence of metastable γ2 at these higher temperatures. Sluggish niobium diffusion and the resultant slow dissolution kinetics were shown to be responsible for this anomalous-single-phase superplastic behavior. An engineering elongation of 658 pct was obtained at 685 C for a constant true strain rate of 2.5 x 10-4 s-1, which required an initial flow stress of only 2.8 MPa. A grain growth kinetic study, along with flow curve information, has also shown that superplastic forming (SPF) must be completed within 2 hours at 670 C to obtain maximum ductility with the lowest forming pressure
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Metallurgical Transactions. A, Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science; ISSN 0360-2133;
; CODEN MTTABN; v. 24(2); p. 379-387

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