通过超声喷丸在Zr-4合金表面获得细晶组织,采用金相显微镜、X射线衍射(XRD)以及场发射扫描电镜(FEG-SEM)观察处理前后锆合金的晶粒组织变化。结果表明,喷丸后样品从表面到芯部依次为:纳米晶(厚度约为60μm)、超细晶(厚度约为160μm)和原始组织。喷丸处理的晶粒细化机制为剧烈塑性变形。主要过程包括:孪晶、位错萌生-位错纠缠-晶粒分割-取向随机化。
A refined structure was obtained on Zircaloy-4 through ultra-sonic shot peening (USSP) treatment and characterized by optical microscopy (OM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM). It has been found that the treated sample consists of three grain structures: surface nanocrystalline (60μm thick), ultrafine grain (160μm thick) and the matrix. The grain refinement mechanism is attributed to severe plastic deformation (SPD) during the USSP treaarment, which includes: formation of twins and dislocations, formation of dislocation tangles, subdivision by dislocation cells, orientation randomization.