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Formation of nanocrystalline surface of a Cu–Zn alloy under electropulsing surface treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

X.N. Du ,
B.Q. Wang  and
J.D. Guo
X.N. Du
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
B.Q. Wang
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
J.D. Guo
Affiliation:
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

A nanocrystalline surface layer of a Cu–Zn alloy was developed by electropulsing (ECP) surface treatment. The average grain size was about 20 nm on the top surface layer and was gradually augmented with the increase in depth from the top surface. Nanoindentation measurements showed that the hardness was significantly enhanced on the top surface layer compared with the as-annealed Cu–Zn sample. The mechanism for the evolution of this structure and property was related not only to a solid-state phase transformation, but also to the effect of the enhancement of the nucleation rate and the skin effect during the ECP treatment. Therefore, the ECP surface treatment provides a promising method for obtaining surface self-nanocrystallization materials.

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Electrical propertiesNanostructurePhase transformation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , pp. 1947 - 1953
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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