Abstract
Tests concerning the mechanical properties of quenched aluminium were carried out on samples having different grain boundary characteristics. In comparison with aluminium of equilibrium structure, the quenched aluminium was found to be characterised by: a greater value of yield point in samples having a low fraction of special grain boundaries, and a lower value of yield point and a reduction of the Lüders strain in samples having a high fraction of special grain boundaries. The effects can be ascribed to the activity of dislocation loops as sources of dislocations or to a change in grain boundary characteristics as a result of annihilation of non-equilibrium vacancies on the grain boundaries.
MST/965
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