Evolution of the structure of V95 aluminum alloy upon high-pressure torsion

The effect of the degree of deformation upon torsion under quasi-hydrostatic pressure on the structural and phase transformations in the V95 alloy has been studied by the methods of electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It has been found that, upon severe plastic deformation, a nanocrystalline structure with a hardness of 2.5 GPa is formed. The nanostructure with a minimum average grain size of 55–80 nm is being formed at e = 5.5–6.4. It has been shown that during dynamical strain aging at e ≥ 4.8, a hardening metastable phase MgZn 2 precipitates from the supersaturated α solid solution, and the quantity of this phase increases with increasing degree of deformation.