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Development of a fine-grained microstructure and the properties of a nugget zone in friction stir welded pure copper

  • G. M. Xie
  • , Z. Y. Ma*
  • , L. Geng
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Metal Research
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Defect-free pure copper welds were achieved under low heat input conditions of 400-800 rpm for a traverse speed of 50 mm min-1. The grain size of the nugget zones decreased from 9 to 3.5 μm with decreasing rotation rate from 800 to 400 rpm. "Onion rings", consisting of different-sized grain bands, were observed at 400 rpm, but disappeared at 600-800 rpm. Variations of both microhardness and yield strength of the nugget zones with grain size followed the Hall-Petch relationship.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-76
Number of pages4
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume57
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Copper
  • Friction stir welding
  • Grain refining
  • Hardness
  • Strength

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