简介:Thermalstabilityandstrainratesensitivityofultrafine-grained(UFG)Feproducedbysevereplasticdeformation(SPD)wereinvestigated.TheUFGFewasprocessedbyequal-channelangularpressing(ECAP)viarouteBc.After6passes,thegrainsizeofUFGFereaches600nm,asconfirmedbymeansofelectronbackscatterdiffraction(EBSD).Examinationofmicro-hardnessandgrainsizeofUFGFeasafunctionofpost-ECAPannealingtemperatureshowsatransitionfromrecoverytorecrystallization.Thecriticaltrans...