• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.435-439
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• 2018

MA Al alloys are examined to determine the effects of alloying of Mg and Cu and rolling on tensile deformation behavior at 748 K over a wide strain rate range($10^{-4}-10^3/s$). A powder metallurgy aluminum alloy produced from mechanically alloyed pure Al powder exhibits only a small elongation-to-failure(${\varepsilon}_f$ < ~50%) in high temperature(748 K) tensile deformation at high strain rates(${\acute{\varepsilon}}=1-10^2/s$). ${\varepsilon}_f$ in MA Al-0.5~4.0Mg alloys increases slightly with Mg content(${\varepsilon}_f={\sim}140%$ at 4 mass%). Combined addition of Mg and Cu(MA Al-1.5%Mg-4.0%Cu) is very effective for the occurrence of superplasticity(${\varepsilon}_f$ > 500%). Warm-rolling(at 393-492 K) tends to raise ${\varepsilon}_f$. Lowering the rolling-temperature is effective for increasing the ductility. The effect is rather weak in MA pure Al and MA Al-Mg alloys, but much larger in the MA Al-1.5%Mg-4.0%Cu alloy. Additions of Mg and Cu and warm-rolling of the alloy cause a remarkable reduction in the logarithm of the peak flow stress at low strain rates (${\acute{\varepsilon}}$< ~1/s) and sharpening of microstructure and smoothening of grain boundaries. Additions of Mg and Cu make the strain rate sensitivity(the m value) larger at high strain rates, and the warm-rolling may make the grain boundary sliding easier with less cavitation. Grain boundary facets are observed on the fracture surface when ${\varepsilon}_f$ is large, indicating the operation of grain boundary sliding to a large extent during superplastic deformation.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.132-139
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• 1995

Tnermomechanical treatment consisting of homogenizing, hot and warm rolling were introduced to Al-MgCu-Mn alloys for obtaining superplasticity. The factors affecting the superplasticity of the alloys were investigated by optical and transmission electron microscopy. Large particles which had not been decomposed during homogenizing treatments remained stable in the hot and warm rolling processes. These particles were a source of cavitation and poor elongation in superplastic deformation. On the other hand, fine precipitates were produced during thermomechanical processing, and resulted in improvement of superplasticity by stabilizing microstructure. Two-step homogenizing and air cooling process was more effective than onestep homogenizing and furance cooling process in removing microsegregations and producing fine particles.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.205-209
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• 2010

In the last (fourth) section, the discussion will entail a silicon-nitride/silicon-carbide nanocomposite, produced by pyrolysis of liquid polymer precursors, demonstrating one of the lowest creep rates reported so far in ceramics at the comparable temperature of $1400^{\circ}C$. This was first achieved by avoiding the oxynitride glass phase at the intergrain boundaries. One important factor in the processing of these nanocomposites was the use of the electrical field assisted sintering method.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.371-378
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• 1995

YBCO 산화물 초전도체의 초소성 변형에 대한 최적 변형조건을 파악하고자 80$0^{\circ}C$~93$0^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 1.0 $\times$ $10^{-3}$s^{-1}$!1.0 $\times$ $10^{-7}$s^{-1}$의 초기변형속도로 압축시험을 수행하였다. 변형속도 민감지수는 m=0.50 $\pm$ 0.1로 나타났다. 이는 결정립계 미끄러지\ulcornerㄹ 주 변형기구로 하는 초소성임을 의미한다. 결정립크기에 따른 유동응력과의 관계는 $\sigma$\propto$d^{1.8 $\pm$ 0.3}$의 지수함수식을 이루고 있으며 Nabarro-Hering 크\ulcorner과 상응하는 격자확산이 확산경로임을 보였다. 초소성 변형에 대한 활성화에너지는 Q=571 $\pm$ 30 kJ/mole이었다. 본 실험온도 구간에서 압축 변형시 변형속도, 변형응력 및 결정립크기에 따른 고온 변형거동 관계식은 $\varepsilon$=A$\sigma$^{2.00 $\pm$ 0.04 - 1.8 $\pm$ 0.3}$ exp(-571 $\pm$ 30kJ/RT)와 같이 유도 되었다. 본 실험조건에서 최적 초소성 변형조건은 86$0^{\circ}C$ 부금, 초기변형속도 ~1.0 $\times$ $10^{-4}$S^{-1}$이었다.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.317-322
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• 2009

Superplastic deformation behavior of a Zn-0.3 wt.% Al was investigated. Grain sizes of $1{\mu}m$ and $10{\mu}m$ were obtained by a thermomechanical treatment. A series of load relaxation and tensile tests were conducted at various temperatures ranging from RT ($24^{\circ}C$) to $200^{\circ}C$. A large elongation of 1400% was obtained at room temperature in the specimens with the grain size of $1{\mu}m$. In the case of specimens with the grain size of $10{\mu}m$, relatively lower elongation at room temperature was obtained and, as the temperature increases above $100^{\circ}C$, a high elongation of about 400 % has been obtained at $200^{\circ}C$ under the strain rate of $2{\times}10^{-4}/s$. Dynamic materials model (DMM) has been employed to explain the contribution from GBS of Zn-Al alloy. Power dissipation efficiency for GBS was evaluated as above 0.4 and found to be very close to the unity as strain rate decreased and temperature increased, suggesting that GBS could be regarded as Newtonian viscous flow.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.57-60
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• 2020

Titanium aluminides have attracted special interest as light-weight/high-temperature materials for structural applications. The major problem limiting practical use of these compounds is their poor ductility and formability. The powder metallurgy processing route has been an attractive alternative for such materials. A mixture of Ti and Al elemental powders was fabricated to a mechanical alloying process. The processed powder was hot pressed in a vacuum, and a fully densified compact with ultra-fine grain structure consisting of Ti₃Al intermetallic compound was obtained. During the compressive deformation of the compact at 1173 K, typical dynamic recrystallization (DR), which introduces a certain extent of grain refinement, was observed. The compact had high density and consisted of an ultra-fine equiaxial grain structure. Average grain diameter was 1.5 ㎛. Typical TEM micrographs depicting the internal structure of the specimen deformed to 0.09 true strain are provided, in which it can be seen that many small recrystallized grains having no apparent dislocation structure are generated at grain boundaries where well-developed dislocations with high density are observed in the neighboring grains. The compact showed a large m-value such as 0.44 at 1173 K. Moreover, the grain structure remained equiaxed during deformation at this temperature. Therefore, the compressive deformation of the compact was presumed to progress by superplastic flow, primarily controlled by DR.

• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.41-46
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• 2023

In this study, an Al₈₂Ni₇Co₃Y₈ (at%) bulk metallic glass is fabricated using gas-atomized Al₈₂Ni₇Co₃Y₈ metallic glass powder and subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS). The effect of powder size on the consolidation of bulk metallic glass is considered by dividing it into 5 ㎛ or less and 20-45 ㎛. The sintered Al₈₂Ni₇Co₃Y₈ bulk metallic glasses exhibit crystallization behavior and crystallization enthalpy similar to those of the Al₈₂Ni₇Co₃Y₈ powder with 5 ㎛ or less and it is confirmed that no crystallization occurred during the sintering process. From these results, we conclude that the Z-position-controlled spark plasma sintering process, using superplastic deformation by viscous flow in the supercooled liquid-phase region of amorphous powder, is an effective process for manufacturing bulk metallic glass.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.252-257
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• 1997

The 8 mm dia: Sn-38%Pb eutectic alloy rods were produced by use of the horizontal continuous casting process with the heated mold and chill cast process. The cast rods were rolled into 2.0${\sim}$0.5 mm thick plates and structural and mechanical properties were examined. The results revealed that the plates produced by the continuous casting process with the heated mold show much higher superplasticity at ambient temperature (1550% elongation at 0.5mm thick plate and 0.5mm/min strain rate) than the plates procuced by chill cast process (630% elongation). Such a high superplasticity of the continuous cast plates is due to the high-quality plates free from any inside and surface defects with fine and uniform distribution of eutectic phases.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.1027-1059
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamic characteristics of innovation sources such as scientific knowledges, processing technologies and user's needs in advanced metals technology. The journal articles data of four advanced materials are analyzed; amorphous metals, superplastic materials, shape memory alloys and aluminum-lithium alloy. Some regularities are found from the analysis of the four materials. The innovation proceeds through close interactions among the innovation sources. As the innovation proceeds, the relative importance of each source changes: scientific knowledge initiates the innovation and becomes the most important source in the first phase, then the processing technologies increase importance in the second phase, and then scientific knowledge, again, becomes the leading factor of innovation. Scientific knowledge and processing technology take turns leading the innovation. The impacts of users' needs to the innovation increase more and more as innovation proceeds. The results of analysis imply to the policy makers that emphasis of policy, and therefore the allocation of sources for innovation, should vary along the phases in the life cycle of advanced metals technology.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.5-10
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• 2010

The current understanding for phase/grain boundary sliding and low-temperature/high-strain rate superplasticity of two-phase titanium alloys is summarized. The quantitative analysis on boundary sliding revealed increased sliding resistance on the order of ${\alpha}/{\beta}\;\ll\;{\alpha}/{\alpha}\;{\approx}\;{\beta}/{\beta}$ boundary, hence, led to the conclusion that approximately 50% alpha(or beta) volume fraction and/or grain refinement is beneficial for obtaining large superplastic elongation at low temperature and/or high strain rate. To predict the temperature for 50% alpha volume in various alpha/beta Ti, artificial neural network was applied. Finally, much enhanced superplasticity was achieved through grain refinement utilizing dynamic globularization.