Microstructure Evolution of 1050 Commercial Purity Aluminum Processed by High-Strain-Rate Deformation

1050 commercial purity aluminum was first deformed by split-Hopkinson pressure bar. Two means of loading methods were conducted, namely uni-directional impact and multiaxial impact. The nominal strain rates reached 1.1 x10(3) and 3.0 x 10(3)/s, respectively, with the total strain 1.6 and 3.6. TEM observations reveal that the initial coarse grains are refined significantly. The majority of the structures in the deformed state are composed of elongated grains/cells whose width/length average grain sizes are 187/411 nm. However, the grains of multiaxial impacted sample are equiaxed with an average size of 517 nm. Dynamic recovery is suppressed during high-strain-rate deformation, so the dislocation configurations could not reach equilibrium states. High densities of dislocations are generated, forming several kinds of configurations. Interactions of dislocation substructures result in the refinement of grains.