中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 34 No. 10 October 2024 |
（1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Materials Sciences and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
3. Nonferrous Metal Oriented Advanced Structural Materials and Manufacturing Cooperative Innovation Centre, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China）
Abstract:Aluminium alloy is one of the earliest and most widely used superplastic materials. The objective of this work is to review the scientific advances in superplastic Al alloys. Particularly, the emphasis is placed on the microstructural evolution and deformation mechanisms of Al alloys during superplastic deformation. The evolution of grain structure, texture, secondary phase, and cavities during superplastic flow in typical superplastic Al alloys is discussed in detail. The quantitative evaluation of different deformation mechanisms based on the focus ion beam (FIB)-assisted surface study provides new insights into the superplasticity of Al alloys. The main features, such as grain boundary sliding, intragranular dislocation slip, and diffusion creep can be observed intuitively and analyzed quantitatively. This study provides some reference for the research of superplastic deformation mechanism and the development of superplastic Al alloys.
Key words: aluminium alloys; superplasticity; superplastic deformation mechanism; grain boundary sliding; micro- structural evolution
