Equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) results in grain-subgrain structure formation in Cu0.75 %Cr alloy with the average size of structure elements of 320 ± 73 nm Addition of hafnium into the Cu-Cr alloy leads to decrease of average size down to 225±82 nm and to increase of the high angle boundaries fraction from 40% to 53%. Microhardness of the Cu-0.7 %Cr-0.9 %Hf alloy is higher, than of the Cu-0.75 %Cr alloy, as after ECAP, so after heating when the aging processes occur in the temperature interval 400–550 °С. The strength in the tension tests of the Cu-0.7 %Cr-0.9 %Hf alloy after ECAP rises in 2.2 times compared with the quenched state. The aging leads to additional strength growth by 19%.
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