摘要
The present study focuses on the relationship of hardness with grain size for commercially pure titanium （CpTi） and ultra fine grained titanium （UFG-Ti） produced by equal channel angular process （ECAP） of Cp-Ti）.Vickers and Knoop indentations of UFG-Ti at different loads was ～2.5 times harder than those of Cp-Ti.Xray diffraction （XRD） analysis showed peak broadening in UFG-Ti due to reduced grain size and micro-lattice strains.Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） revealed that ECAP had reduced the grain size of Cp-Ti by ～10 times.Weibull statistics showed UFG-Ti with lower dispersion in hardness values compare to Cp-Ti indicating a more uniform microstructure.
The present study focuses on the relationship of hardness with grain size for commercially pure titanium （CpTi） and ultra fine grained titanium （UFG-Ti） produced by equal channel angular process （ECAP） of Cp-Ti）.Vickers and Knoop indentations of UFG-Ti at different loads was ～2.5 times harder than those of Cp-Ti.Xray diffraction （XRD） analysis showed peak broadening in UFG-Ti due to reduced grain size and micro-lattice strains.Scanning electron microscopy （SEM） revealed that ECAP had reduced the grain size of Cp-Ti by ～10 times.Weibull statistics showed UFG-Ti with lower dispersion in hardness values compare to Cp-Ti indicating a more uniform microstructure.
