Microstructural refinement of cast p-type Bi2Te3-Sb2Te3 by equal channel angular extrusion Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The objective of this work was to develop a fine and homogeneous microstructure in cast p-type Bi2Te3-Sb2Te 3 using multi-pass equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE). The ranges of independent extrusion variables examined were 450-525 C, extrusion temperature; 0.25-7.5 mm/min, punch speed; and one (route A), two (route B and C), and four (route C and E) consecutive extrusion passes, corresponding to strain of 1.16-4.64. The microstructure was characterized by polarized optical microscopy. Recrystallized grains between 10 and 30 m in size were achieved via four passes following a new extrusion route schedule (route E) at an extrusion temperature of 500 C and a punch speed of 2.5 mm/min. Results indicate that ECAE processing is a viable method for grain refinement of cast intermetallic compound materials. 2003 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

published proceedings

  • ACTA MATERIALIA

author list (cited authors)

  • Im, J. T., Hartwig, K. T., & Sharp, J.

citation count

  • 75

complete list of authors

  • Im, JT||Hartwig, KT||Sharp, J

publication date

  • January 2004