INTENSE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF HIGH-PURITY CAST BERYLLIUM

Studies were made into the effect of severe plastic deformation on the mechanical properties, structure, and texture of high-purity cast beryllium. For the first time, angular pressing of high-purity cast beryllium was carried out at temperatures of 600 and 500 degrees C. It is shown that the degree of grain refinement during angular pressing into a strip reaches a significant value. In a single deformation cycle, the grain is crushed from 3 mm down to 10 mu m. Temperature dependences of the mechanical properties of the material of extruded billets in the initial state and after recrystallization annealing at a temperature of 650 degrees C for one hour were studied. It has been established that the best mechanical properties are shown by the samples of material deformed at 600 degrees C with subsequent annealing at 650 degrees C for an hour.