Effect of preliminary precipitation of Al3Sc particles on the characteristics of superplastic conductor Al-0.5%Mg-X%Sc (X = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 wt.%) alloys with ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructure has been studied. The precipitation of the Al3Sc particles took place during long-time annealing of the alloys at 300 °C. The preliminary annealing was shown to affect the superplasticity characteristics of the UFG Al-0.5%Mg-X%Sc alloys (the elongation to failure, yield stress, dynamic grain growth rate) weakly but to promote more intensive pore formation and to reduce the volume fraction of the recrystallized microstructure in the deformed and non-deformed parts of the aluminum alloy specimens. The dynamic grain growth was shown to go in the deformed specimen material nonuniformly–the maximum volume fraction of the recrystallized microstructure was observed in the regions of the localization of plastic deformation.
The interaction of hydrogen with specimens of 316L steel and Inconel 718 alloy processed by selective laser melting (SLM) was studied. The effect of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of SLM materials, hydrogen permeability, and microstructure was investigated; besides, these values were compared with the properties of conventionally produced materials. It was shown that SLM can be successfully used to produce parts for operation in hydrogen environments at high pressure at room temperature.
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