Characterization of strengthening mechanism and hot deformation behavior of powder metallurgy molybdenum

Meili Xiao, Fuguo Li, Hangfang Xie, Yufeng Wang

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Abstract

The high-temperature deformation behavior of powder metallurgy molybdenum has been investigated based on a series of isothermal hot compression tests, which were carried out on a Gleeble-1500 thermal mechanical simulator in a wide range of temperatures (900-1450°C) and strain rates (0.01-10s-1). Through the research on the experimental stress-strain curves, it reveals that dynamic recrystallization softening effect of powder metallurgy molybdenum occurs in the temperature range from 1200°C to 1450°C, in which the flow stress is significantly sensitive to temperature. In comparison with the value of strain hardening index n which decreases along with the temperature rising, the value of strain-rate sensitivity exponent m does not change obviously; however, it increases slowly with the increasing of temperature at first and achieves a peak value at 1350°C. Furthermore, relying on the comparison of mean value of n and m, it is suggested that deformation strengthening is the main strengthening mechanism at low temperature while the rheological strengthening changes into the primary strengthening mechanism at high temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)112-119
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials and Design
Volume34
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012

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