This document discusses recrystallization in metals and methods to investigate the nucleation stage of recrystallization. It summarizes different techniques to induce or inhibit recrystallization including deformation, annealing, and rapid/ultrafast heating methods. Instrumented indentation and electron backscatter diffraction are identified as tools to characterize local microstructure changes during the initial nucleation events. Future work should focus on controlling nucleation sites and integrating experimental data on local misorientation into recrystallization models.
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RECRYSTALLIZATION IN METALS
FLORENT LEFEVRE-SCHLICK and DAVID EMBURY
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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OUTLINE
Recrystallization
What is it?
How is it usually treated?
Importance of local misorientation/strain gradients on nucleation
First stages of recrystallization; how can we investigate the nucleation?
Rapid heat treatments
What are they?
What can we expect from them?
Recrystallization in metals
Modeling
Conclusions-Future work
3. 3
What is it?
Fe
E =Estored=~100J/mol
Deformation
Heat
Recovery
(rearrangement of dislocations in sub grains)
Recrystallization
(development of new strain free grains)
Recrystallization
4. 4
Recrystallization
HOW DOES RECRYSTALLIZATION START?
nucleation
Strain Induced
Boundary Migration
1
2
3
4
1
3
4
1
2
1
2
2
E 1 E 2>
Coalescence and growth of subgrains
Migration of a boundary
In simple systems: small number of nuclei lead to recrystallized grains
5. 5
Improving the mechanical properties of materials
How does recrystallization proceed?
How to control recrystallization?
How to achieve an important grain refinement?
Can we control more than just the scale?
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
0 2 4 6 8 10
d
-1/2
(袖m
-1/2
)
Y(MPa)
Cu
Fe
Al
Recrystallization
Grain refinement strengthening
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Johnson, Mehl, Avrami, Kolmogorov approach
1 exp( )n
X Bt=
0
1
recrystallizedfractionX
time
Random distribution of nucleation sites
Constant rate of nucleation and growth n=4
Site saturation n=3
Recrystallization
7. 7
Johnson, Mehl, Avrami, Kolmogorov approach
Recrystallization
Is n misleading?
<1Fe-Mn-C
1.7Aluminium+ small amount of copper, 40% cold
rolled
4Fined grained Aluminium, low strain
4/3/2Constant nucleation rate 3d/2d/1d
3/2/1Site saturation 3d/2d/1d
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Particle Stimulated Nucleation
Leslie et al. (1963) Humphreys et al. (1977)
Oxide inclusions in Fe Al-Si system Cluster of SiO2 in Ni
Recrystallization originates at pre-existing subgrains within the deformation zone
Nucleation is affected by particle size and particle distribution
NUCLEATION OF RECRYSTALLIZATION
Recrystallization
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INVESTIGATING THE NUCLEATION EVENT
Injecting nucleation sites to increase N:
Local misorientation (twins)
Local strain gradient (high deformation)
Recrystallization
o
Impeding growth of recrystallized grains
Rapid heat treatments
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What are rapid heat treatments?
T
time
≒Slow heat treatment
(salt bath)
≒Rapid heat treatment
(spot welding machine)
≒Ultra-fast heat treatment
(pulsed laser)
T
time
T
time
seconds
mseconds
nano/pico/femtoseconds
Rapid heat treatments
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Slow heat treatment: Salt bath
Time/Temperature profile during salt bath
heat treatment
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0 5 10 15
Time (sec)
Temperature(C)
Duration of the heat
treatment: 5 seconds.
Temperature range: 500o
C
to 650o
C.
Heating rate ~300C/sec
Cooling rate ~1000C/sec
Salt bath
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NUCLEATION IN IRON
Fe deformed by impact at 77K
50 袖m B=[011]
01-1 -21-1
-200
21-1
-2-11
2-22
(-2-11)
(1-11)
grain
twin
Twinning plane {112}
Shear direction 111
Production of deformation twins to promote a variety of potential
nucleation sites for recrystallization, either at twin/grain
boundary or twin/twin intersections
4 袖m
Salt bath
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NUCLEATION IN COPPER
50 袖m
1 袖m 4 袖m
25 袖m
Cu 60% cold rolled Cu ~ 2% recrystallized
5 seconds at 250o
C
No noticeable effect of annealing twins on nucleation
Salt bath
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45% cold rolled @ 77K
100袖m
Stainless steel 316L
Cooperation with X. Wang
Salt bath
NUCLEATION IN STAINLESS STEEL
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2 min @ 950C
25袖m
Stainless steel 316L
Average grain size: 7袖m
Salt bath
NUCLEATION IN STAINLESS STEEL
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25袖m
2 min @ 900C
Stainless steel 316L
Average grain size: 5袖m
Salt bath
NUCLEATION IN STAINLESS STEEL
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1 min @ 800C
10袖m
Role of annealing, deformation twins and phases on nucleation and growth?
Stainless steel 316L
Salt bath
NUCLEATION IN STAINLESS STEEL
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DF image (austenite)
DF image
(austenite + martensite)
DF image (Twin)
BF image
Salt bath
1 min @ 800C
Stainless steel 316L
Fine and complex deformed microstructure
Over a range of possible growing grains, only a few seem to grow
NUCLEATION IN STAINLESS STEEL
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Salt bath
Stainless steel 316L, 2 min @ 850C
25袖m
RECRYSTALLIZATION AS A WAY TO CONTROL THE NATURE
OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES?
10o
20o
30o
40o
50o
60o
0%
30%
~30% of 裡3 boundaries
(rotation 60o
, axis <111>)
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RAPID HEAT TREATMENT: SPOT WELDING MACHINE
3mm
250 袖m
Fe annealed (thickness = 500 袖m)
Fe 60% cold rolled (thickness = 200 袖m)
Electrode of Cu
Pulse discharge width: 1 msec
Energy output: 100 J to 1 J
Estimated heating rate ~105
K/sec
Spot welding machine
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PHASE TRANSITION IN IRON
50 袖m 50 袖m
40 J 20 J
Melted zone
Heated zone
Refinement of the microstructure via phase transitions
Distribution in grain size from 40 袖m down to less than 1 袖m
Spot welding machine
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RECRYSTALLIZATION AND PHASE TRANSITION IN IRON
40 J
50 袖m100 袖m
Refinement of the microstructure via phase transitions and recrystallization
Distribution in grain size from 100 袖m down to less than 1 袖m
Spot welding machine
Fe 60% cold rolled
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20 J
50 袖m
Localized event along specific grain boundaries
Spot welding machine
RECRYSTALLIZATION AND PHASE TRANSITION IN IRON
Fe 60% cold rolled
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Laser pulse:
Energy (nJ to 袖J)
Time (fsec to nsec)
Beam size (袖m to mm)
Small volume on the surface
Rapid heating and cooling
(104
to 1012
K/sec)
Increase in pressure (up to TPa)
Shock wave.
ULTRA FAST HEAT TREATMENT: PULSE LASER IRRADIATION
(nano/pico/femtosecond)
Cooperation with Preston/Haugen group
~100 nm
to mm
Pulse lasers
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了 = 800 nm
The beam has a Gaussian profile
with a radius 0
E0: full energy pulse (~10 袖J)
p: duration of the pulse (~ 10 nsec/ 100psec/ 150 fsec)
: fluence or energy per unit area (J/cm2
)
th: threshold fluence (J/cm2
)
fluence required to transform the surface
Pulse lasers
ULTRA FAST HEAT TREATMENT: PULSE LASER IRRADIATION
(nano/pico/femtosecond)
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SINGLE PULSE ABLATION OF FE
E = 9.2 袖J
10 袖m
5 袖m
E = 1.0 袖J
10 袖m
E = 3.2 袖J
5 袖m
E = 0.2 袖J
What is the temperature profile?
How to characterise the irradiated volume?
Pulse lasers
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Si substrate
SiO2 isolant layer
Platinum
2 mm
2 mm 100 袖m
25 nm2 袖m
resistor
connector
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE
Summer work of B. Iqbar
Measuring the changes in resistivity of Pt estimating the temperature
Pulse lasers
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Fe annealed, 1 grain
Corrected harmonic contact stiffness: 1.106
N/m
0
10
20
30
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Load On Sample (mN)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
1
2
3
4
5
[6]
U
HD
I
E
M HN
L
0
100
200
300
400
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Reduced Modulus (GPa)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
IM
H
N
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Hardness (GPa)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
1
2
3
4
5
[6]
I
M
HN
INSTRUMENTED INDENTATION
Pulse lasers
0
10
20
30
40
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Load On Sample (mN)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
[2]
3
4
U
HD
I
E
M HN
L
Fe annealed, 3 different grains
0
100
200
300
400
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Reduced Modulus (GPa)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
I
MH
N
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Hardness (GPa)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
[2]
3
4
IM HN
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1 2 3
12 11 10
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
100 200 300 400
Load On Sample (mN)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
[9]
10
11
12S
U
HDI EM
H
N
L
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
100 200 300 400
Hardness (GPa)
Displacement Into Surface (nm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
[9]
10
11
12
IM HN
INSTRUMENTED INDENTATION
Pulse lasers
Softening of the deformed material?
Is there local melting/solidification or local heating?
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SGGrain I
Grain II
nucleus
Grain I
Grain II
)(
2
)(
tr
tG
粒
>
Modeling
ZUROBS MODEL FOR RECRYSTALLIZATION
Needs input on local misorientations
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CONCLUSIONS FUTURE WORK
Investigation of the first stage of recrystallization by:
o Designing microstructures to promote N
o Using rapid heat treatments to allow nucleation but not G
o
o
Characterize the heat treatment in terms of time/temperature
profile
Characterize the nucleation event in terms of local
misorientation, local strain gradient (EBSD)
Introduce the data on misorientation into Zurobs model