Research Article

Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Cr-modified Cu-Ni-Si Alloys

Number: 27 November 30, 2021
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Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Cr-modified Cu-Ni-Si Alloys

Abstract

Copper alloys are widely used in automotive, electronics, petrochemical and nuclear applications due to their good mechanical/ corrosion resistance and conductivity. Although mostly beryllium containing copper alloys are utilized in these industries due to their superior properties. However, due to the toxic effects of beryllium, there is a need for alternative copper alloys. Among the alternative alloys, Cu-Ni-Si alloys known as Corson alloys are commonly preferred. Both alloying and thermomechanical treatments play important roles to attain similar or better properties in this alloy system, compared to the beryllium containing Cu alloys. In this research, a combined thermomechanical treatment is performed in order to characterize the effect of severe plastic deformation and subsequent heat treatments (i.e., precipitation hardening) on strength, hardness and electrical conductivity of Corson alloys modified by Chromium. The copper alloys having different chemical compositions (Cr contents) are processed using equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) after solution annealing and quenching. The behavior of Cr-modified alloys is characterized in detail and the effect of the combined thermomechanical treatment and of the Cr content on the final mechanical and physical behavior is discussed. The results show that during aging of solution treated alloys containing 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 wt-% Cr, a significant increase in both hardness and electrical conductivity is observed, and that increasing Cr content also leads to an increase of both properties. After processing by two-pass ECAP, the hardness of all investigated alloys is significantly increased compared with the solution treated state, whereas the electrical conductivity is adversely affected by severe plastic deformation. The mechanical behavior of the ECAPed alloys can be enhanced even further by performing post-ECAP aging. Therefore, it allows us to develop Cu-Ni-Si alloys by severe plastic deformation process, as an alternative to commonly used beryllium containing copper alloys. The preliminary results provide new insights for the development of construction materials that can be used in the electronic industry, high-speed rail systems, aerospace applications and nuclear power plants, which are recently high priority topics.

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Supporting Institution

Scientific Research Projects Unit of Turkish-German University / Türk-Alman Üniversitesi BAP Birimi

Project Number

2019BF0004

Thanks

The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Turkish-German University. / Yazar, finansal destek için Türk-Alman Üniversitesi BAP Birimi’ne teşekkürlerine sunar.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 30, 2021

Submission Date

September 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 30, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 27

APA
Elibol, Ç. (2021). Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation on the Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Cr-modified Cu-Ni-Si Alloys. Avrupa Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 27, 866-872. https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.1004910