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  • Enhanced strength–ductility...
    An, X.H.; Wu, S.D.; Zhang, Z.F.; Figueiredo, R.B.; Gao, N.; Langdon, T.G.

    Scripta materialia, 03/2012, Volume: 66, Issue: 5
    Journal Article

    Nanostructured Cu and Cu–Al alloys processed by high-pressure torsion were isochronally annealed to investigate the effects of the stacking fault energy (SFE) on strength and ductility. All metals exhibit a similar general trend that the strength decreases and the ductility improves with increasing annealing temperatures, and a notable enhancement of ductility was achieved only when the volume fraction of recrystallized grains exceeded ∼80%. The strength–ductility synergy improves significantly with decreasing SFE.