Materials Science Forum, Vol.475-479, 3459-3462, 2005
Grain growth and mechanical properties of nanograined bulk Fe-25Ni alloy
The grain growth and mechanical properties of nanograined bulk Fe-25at%Ni alloy prepared by an inert gas condensation and in-situ warm consolidation technique were investigated. About 43% high temperature face-centered-cubic (FCC) phase and 57% low temperature body-centered-cubic (BCC) phase were observed in the sample at room temperature, which was significantly different from that of the corresponding conventional coarse-grained alloy. The in-situ X-ray diffraction results show that the start and the finish temperature of BCC to FCC phase transformation are 450 degrees C and 600 degrees C, respectively. The isothermal grain growth exponent n from D-1/n - D-0(1/n) = k't for nanograined single FCC phase Fe-25at%Ni alloy is 0.38 at 750 degrees C. The 0 mechanical properties changing with the grain size were studied by means of microindentation test.