Tailoring recrystallization via particle-stimulated nucleation (PSN) and pinning effects from secondary phase particles effectively weakens textures, which is still challenging for low-alloyed rare earth-free Mg alloys. Herein, the texture of a dilute cold-rolled Mg-2.2Al-0.33Ca (wt.%) alloy found to reduce with appearance transverse direction (TD) components during static recrystallization. Th...

We have used electron paramagnetic resonance to study the thermal annealing of colour centres induced in cubic yttria-stabilized zirconia by swift electron and heavy ionirradiations. Single crystals were irradiated with 1 or 2-MeV electrons, and 200-MeV I, or 200-MeV Au ions. Electron and ion beams produce the same colour centres: namely i) an F-like centre, ii) the so-called T-centre (Zr in a ...

a r t i c l e i n f o It is well known that strong concurrent precipitation, mainly located along grain/subgrain boundaries, results in a coarse and elongated grain structure, and unusual sharp P {011} b566N and/or M {113} b110N texture components during annealing of supersaturated AA3xxx-series alloys. In this study, a supersaturated as-cast Al–Mn– Fe–Si alloy was annealed at three temperature...

Amorphous alloys of the TiNi - TiCu system with a copper content 25 to 40 at.% were prepared by planar flow casting at melt cooling rate 106 K/s. Crystallization was carried out isothermal annealing and action single electric pulse duration 5 ms. Shape memory behavior structure investigated means bending tests X-ray phase analysis. It found that increasing above 30 considerably reduces plastici...