Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1581289 | Materials Science and Engineering: A | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Hot extrusion experiment was conducted using an Al–Mg–Si–Cu alloy and the effect of the extrusion conditions on microstructure and texture changes through the radial direction was investigated by using SEM/EBSP analysis method. In the surface layer where severe frictional shear deformation is predominant, the recrystallized 〈1 1 0〉//ED grains surrounded by high angle grain boundaries are formed in spite of the existence of some peripheral overcoarse grains. Strong 〈1 0 0〉//ED and 〈1 1 1〉//ED fiber textures evolve in the center where axisymmetric deformation along the extrusion direction is intensive. As the extrusion ratio increases, number of 〈1 1 1〉//ED grains remarkably decreases while the number of 〈1 0 0〉//ED grains apparently increases. It is also found that the 〈1 0 0〉//ED grains surrounded by low angle grain boundaries form orientation colonies in the center of the extruded rods.