Abstract
Combined methods to obtain ultra-fine grain (UFG) α-brass samples are proposed. Severe plastic deformation followed by recrystallization was conducted, where multiple rolling and equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) were employed. Recrystallization was accomplished by heat-treatment after the severe plastic deformation, and the grain size after the severe plastic deformation was decreased. By multiple rolling, plates with thickness of 0.1 mm and grain size of 1.0 μm were obtained. By ECAP process, square bar with cross-section of 6 mm × 6 mm and minimum grain size of 4.1 μm was obtained. The 0.2 % proof strength, ultimate tensile strength, and fatigue limit were increased with the value of inverse square root of grain size (Hall-Petch relationship). Then, the 0.2 % proof strength of UFG brass was tenfold, the ultimate tensile strength and the fatigue limit were two fold increases from the conventional α-brass. Because of the high strength, the scatter of fatigue strength of UFG brass was large, which reflects the sensitivity to defects in material.
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