Development of ultrafine-grained 1100 aluminum alloy by cryorolling with the optimized initial heat treatment conditions

The aims of this study to determine the suitable initial heat treatment for 1100 aluminum alloy prior to cryorolling process and the properties of annealed and cryorolled annealed sample. The samples were annealed at different annealing temperature of 200˚C, 250˚C, 300˚C, 350˚C and 400˚C for 2 hours soaking time before cryorolling. The annealing samples then were cryorolled up to 50% thickness reduction after dipping in liquid nitrogen for 30 minutes. The effect of annealing temperature on cryorolled sample was investigated by employing hardness measurements and tensile test. The highest hardness and tensile properties achieved for sample annealed at 250 °C. The entire cryorolled sample showed severely deformed grain which are elongated along and following the rolling direction.