TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Composition on the Strength and Electrical Conductivity of Cu-Ti Binary Alloy Wires Fabricated by Aging and Intense Drawing
AU - Semboshi, Satoshi
AU - Kaneno, Yasuyuki
AU - Takasugi, Takayuki
AU - Han, Sueng Zeon
AU - Masahashi, Naoya
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Mr. I. Nakayoshi of Tokusen Kogyo Co. for sample preparation. The authors are grateful to Dr. E.A. Choi of the Korea Institute of Materials Science for useful discussions and comments. The authors also thank Dr. M. Ishikuro, Mr. E. Aoy-agi, Mr. I. Nagano, Ms. Y. Matsuda, and Mr. Y. Kadoi of the Institute for Materials Research (IMR) of Tohoku University and Professor Iwase and Mr. T. Teshima of Osaka Prefecture University for their experimental assistance. This work was supported by a cooperative program of Collaborative Research and Development Center for Advanced Materials (CRDAM) in IMR (No. 18G0421). We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science via a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 18H01743) and from the Japan Copper and Brass Association.
Funding Information:
The authors thank Mr. I. Nakayoshi of Tokusen Kogyo Co. for sample preparation. The authors are grateful to Dr. E.A. Choi of the Korea Institute of Materials Science for useful discussions and comments. The authors also thank Dr. M. Ishikuro, Mr. E. Aoyagi, Mr. I. Nagano, Ms. Y. Matsuda, and Mr. Y. Kadoi of the Institute for Materials Research (IMR) of Tohoku University and Professor Iwase and Mr. T. Teshima of Osaka Prefecture University for their experimental assistance. This work was supported by a cooperative program of Collaborative Research and Development Center for Advanced Materials (CRDAM) in IMR (No. 18G0421). We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science via a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 18H01743) and from the Japan Copper and Brass Association.
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PY - 2019/3/15
Y1 - 2019/3/15
N2 - The strength and electrical conductivity of Cu-Ti alloy wires fabricated by over-aging and intense drawing were investigated as a function of Ti content (2.7 to 4.3 at. pct). The microstructure of all over-aged Cu-Ti alloys before drawing showed mainly coarse cellular components laminating the plates of a terminal Cu solid solution and a β-Cu4Ti intermetallic compound precipitated discontinuously by grain boundary reactions. The volume fraction of β-Cu4Ti plates increased with Ti content, although the compositions of the two phases remained unchanged. When the over-aged alloys were drawn to the same deformation strain, the hardness and tensile strength of the wires increased monotonically with Ti content due to strain-induced strengthening; a high volume fraction of hard β-Cu4Ti fibers formed from laminating plates during drawing promoted a high dislocation density in the matrix. The electrical conductivity of the wires decreased gradually with Ti content due to the higher volume fraction of β-Cu4Ti fibers and due decomposition of the fibers during drawing. The overall performance of the Cu-Ti alloy wires improved as the Ti content increased and was superior to that of conventional Cu-Ti alloy wires fabricated by peak-aging and drawing, and to that of commercial Cu-Be alloy wires.
AB - The strength and electrical conductivity of Cu-Ti alloy wires fabricated by over-aging and intense drawing were investigated as a function of Ti content (2.7 to 4.3 at. pct). The microstructure of all over-aged Cu-Ti alloys before drawing showed mainly coarse cellular components laminating the plates of a terminal Cu solid solution and a β-Cu4Ti intermetallic compound precipitated discontinuously by grain boundary reactions. The volume fraction of β-Cu4Ti plates increased with Ti content, although the compositions of the two phases remained unchanged. When the over-aged alloys were drawn to the same deformation strain, the hardness and tensile strength of the wires increased monotonically with Ti content due to strain-induced strengthening; a high volume fraction of hard β-Cu4Ti fibers formed from laminating plates during drawing promoted a high dislocation density in the matrix. The electrical conductivity of the wires decreased gradually with Ti content due to the higher volume fraction of β-Cu4Ti fibers and due decomposition of the fibers during drawing. The overall performance of the Cu-Ti alloy wires improved as the Ti content increased and was superior to that of conventional Cu-Ti alloy wires fabricated by peak-aging and drawing, and to that of commercial Cu-Be alloy wires.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11661-018-5088-z
DO - 10.1007/s11661-018-5088-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059447114
SN - 1073-5623
VL - 50
SP - 1389
EP - 1396
JO - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
JF - Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science
IS - 3
ER -