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Stress Relaxation Properties and Microscopic Deformation Structure in Bending of the C7025 and C7035 Alloy

Version 1 : Received: 27 June 2018 / Approved: 5 July 2018 / Online: 5 July 2018 (05:53:50 CEST)

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Xiao, X.; Xu, H.; Huang, J.; Wang, J.; Zhang, J. Stress Relaxation Properties and Microscopic Deformation Structure in Bending of the C7025 and C7035 Alloy. Crystals 2018, 8, 324. Xiao, X.; Xu, H.; Huang, J.; Wang, J.; Zhang, J. Stress Relaxation Properties and Microscopic Deformation Structure in Bending of the C7025 and C7035 Alloy. Crystals 2018, 8, 324.

Journal reference: Crystals 2018, 8, 324
DOI: 10.3390/cryst8080324

Abstract

Stress relaxation tests in cantilever bending were performed on the C7025 and C7035 alloys at 298K and 393K，respectively. The effect of stress-relief treatments on stress relaxation properties was investigated. The structural changes associated with the stress relaxation process were examined using transmission electron microscope. The stress relaxation curve fits well to empirical formula σ*=[Kˊln(t+α0)+C]-n for stress relaxation. The curves can be split into two stages. The stress relax quickly in the first stage, slows down in the second stage, and tends to be a certain limit value after a long time. The curve and microstructure reveals that the C7035 alloy has a lower rate of stress relaxation and a higher anti-stress relaxation capacity than the C7025. The first reason is that the movement of vacancies required by spinodal decomposition is inhibited, and the quantity of cobalt -containing vacancies decreases dramatically in the C7035 alloy. The other reason is that the precipitated phases became uniformly diffused in the C7035 alloy. The precipitate phase uniformly distributes in the grain boundaries and the matrix, during the relaxed condition, and thus the dislocations moving is blocked by the precipitates.

Subject Areas

C7025 alloy; C7035 alloy; stress relaxation; dynamic equation; microstructure