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Toward Optimization of the Grain Boundary Character Distribution in Copper by Strain Annealing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Wayne E. King  and
Adam J. Schwartz
Wayne E. King
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
Adam J. Schwartz
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Materials Science Directorate, University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Abstract

We have used a two-step (low and high temperature) strain-annealing process to evolve the grain boundary character distribution (GBCD) in fully recrystallized oxygen-free electronic (OFE) Cu bar that was forged and rolled. Orientation imaging microscopy (OIM)[1–4] has been used to characterize the GBCD after each step in the processing. The fraction of special grain boundaries, “special fraction,” was ∼70% in the starting recrystallized material. Three different processing conditions were employed: high, moderate, and low temperature. The high-temperature process resulted in a reduction in the fraction of special grain boundaries while both of the lower temperature processes resulted in an increase in special fraction up to 85%. Further, the lower temperature processes resulted in average deviation angles from exact misorientation, for special boundaries, that were significantly smaller than observed from the high temperature process. Results indicate the importance of the low temperature part of the two-step strain-annealing process in preparing the microstructure for the higher temperature anneal and commensurate increase in the special fraction.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 458: Symposium W – Interfacial Engineering for Optimized Properties , 1996 , 53
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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