On the Structural Features of Mechanically Alloyed Cu-Ag and Au-Co by Severe Cold and Cryogenic Plastic Deformation

The effect of cryogenic temperature on the formation of solid solutions by mechanical alloying (MA) was studied using synchrotron diffraction and some additional methods. Two systems with different positive enthalpy of mixing (Cu-Ag и Au-Co) were involved. MA by severe plastic deformation at 293 K and 80 K leads to the formation of fcc substitutional solid solutions, with the excess of the equilibrium concentration for both systems. The effect of cryogenic deformation consists in smaller dissolution of the original basic element of the charge (Cu) for Cu-Ag solid solution and in increasing of solute (Co) for Au-Co one. Diffraction experiments were performed at the SR beamline №4 of the VEPP-3 storage ring.