Citation:
Journal of Nuclear Materials 417 (2011) 1-3, pp. 20–24
ISSN:
0022-3115
DOI:
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.046
Sponsor:
This investigation was supported by the EURATOM/CIEMAT association through Contract 09 240, by the Comunidad de Madrid (program ESTRUMAT CM S0505/MAT/0077) and by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Contract ENE 2008 06403 C06 04.
EUROFER'97 was processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at 823 K for a total of 4 or 8 passes, using a die angle of 105°, and its microstructure and tensile behavior in temperature range 568 873 K investigated. A single ECAP pass developed a deformatEUROFER'97 was processed by equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) at 823 K for a total of 4 or 8 passes, using a die angle of 105°, and its microstructure and tensile behavior in temperature range 568 873 K investigated. A single ECAP pass developed a deformation texture {1 1 0} 〈0 1 1〉 that was practically stable during subsequent ECAP passes. The materials processed by 1 or 2 passes exhibited a fine microstructure of recovered subgrains and tensile behavior very similar to that for the tempered material in the as-received condition. The materials processed using 4 or 8 passes exhibited nearly equiaxial submicron grained structures with a high density of high-angle grain boundaries. These materials became softer than the as-received material at a testing temperature of ~8764;823 K. EUROFER ECAP processed under the present conditions exhibited hardening ratio somewhat higher than that of the as-received material.[+][-]
Description:
Proceedings of : 14th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (ICFRM-14), 6-11 september, 2009. Sapporo Convention Center Sapporo, Japan.