Hot deformation behavior and dynamic recrystallization of Sc modified ultra- high-strength aluminum alloy at strain rate of 10-3 s-1

Abstract

The hot deformation behavior and dynamic recrystallization of Al-11.1Zn-2.3Mg-2.0Cu-0.05Sc alloy was explored in the isothermal hot compression test with a temperature range of 653-733 K at strain rate of 10-3 s-1. The microstructural evolution of the studied alloy at different temperatures was analyzed by EBSD technology. The dynamic recrystallization（DRX） critical strain， critical stress， fraction， and average grain size equations were established by linear regression. The results show that the fitted equations can accurately describe the DRX characteristics of the studied alloy during hot deformation.The increase in the deformation temperature enlarges the misorientation angle inside the grains， which facilitates the DRX progress. The distributions of crystal orientation tend to be more homogeneous with the increase in temperatures. Moreover， dynamic recovery is the dominant dynamic softening mechanism. With the temperature change， there are three types of recrystallization mechanisms in the microstructure of aluminum alloy， including discontinuous dynamic recrystallization， continuous dynamic recrystallization， and geometric dynamic recrystallization.

Keywords

• sc modified aluminum alloy
• dynamic recrystallization
• hot deformation behavior
• low strain rate
• microstructural evolution