Fabrication of Friction Stir Processed Al-Ni Particulate Composite and Its Impression Creep Behaviour

Sampath, Prakrathi; Krishna Parangodath, Vineeth; Udupa, Kota Rajendra; Kuruveri, Udaya Bhat

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Fabrication of Friction Stir Processed Al-Ni Particulate Composite and Its Impression Creep Behaviour

Prakrathi Sampath,¹Vineeth Krishna Parangodath,¹Kota Rajendra Udupa,¹and Udaya Bhat Kuruveri¹

Academic Editor: Hui Shen Shen

Received06 Sept 2014

Revised10 Jan 2015

Accepted11 Jan 2015

Published03 Feb 2015

Abstract

Nickel powders were troweled on roughened Al base plate using a friction tool made from tool steel. Friction stir processing (FSP) was carried out using a load of 8 kN and with a tool rotation speed of 800 rpm and thus a surface composite was processed. Processed samples were characterized for revealing the microstructural features. SEM and XRD analysis revealed the presence of fine Ni particles in the stir zone which lead to a significant increase in hardness. Using the “refined energy model,” the maximum temperature developed within the processed zone was estimated and found to be around 275°C. Impression creep behaviour was assessed on both the base metal and processed zone at the temperature of 30, 100, and 200°C. Creep curves were generated and steady state creep rate (SSCR) values were found out to determine the activation energy. It is observed that friction stirred regions record higher creep rate values compared to the base metal. Estimated activation energy is in the range of 6 to 16 kJ/mol. Activation energy is marginally lower in the base metal compared to friction stir processed region.

1. Introduction

Aluminium is the second most plentiful metallic element on earth and it is well suited for many of the engineering applications due to its light weight, appearance, mechanical properties, and ease of fabrication. However, pure Al is extremely poor in strength and hardness and it is one of the major limitations as far as the end application is concerned. There are many established ways to improve the strength and hardness of Al. A few of them are precipitation hardening, dispersion hardening, and composite hardening [1]. These hardening processes also limit some other desired properties like formability and weldability. Further, they may also involve additional expenditure in the form of use of costly alloying elements and additional processing steps. An alternative approach is to convert only the surface of the component as a particle dispersed composite, without altering the bulk. Friction stir processing is a method suitable for converting surface of a component in to a composite.

Friction stir processing (FSP) is a thermomechanical working process developed on the concept of friction stir welding (FSW) [2, 3]. In this process, the local composition and properties of a material can be modified without changing the bulk property of the same. For this reason, FSP is considered as one of the techniques of surface engineering in which the surface property can be modified according to the need of the designer. This process consists of a nonconsumable rotating tool with specially designed pin and shoulder, inserted onto the surface of the material and then moved and simultaneously rotated with choice of the speed under the predetermined load [4]. The primary functions of nonconsumable rotating tool are (i) to heat the specimen in the localized zone and (ii) to move and transport the materials within the processing zone (iii) to facilitate mixing up of externally added material to produce a composite material within the processed zone. The material flow associated with stirring and plastic deformation facilitates distribution of second phase particles. As a result, the stirred zone becomes a metal matrix composite with improved hardness and wear resistance [5]. The movement of softened material along and around the moving, rotating pin can promote nonequilibrium metallurgical events at the localized subsurface volume of the material. Because of this, sometimes friction stir processing is considered as a nonequilibrium materials processing.

Composite fabrication using friction stir processing route is reviewed by Arora et al. [6]. Surface engineering by FSP of Al with Ni powder is an interesting area [7–9], because it can give rise to many important phases which are stable at high temperature [5, 10–12].

There are a few investigations focusing on producing metal (matrix) metal (reinforcement) composite using friction stir processing route. Yadav and Bauri [13] reported the dispersion of nickel in Al alloy using FSP route and they observed no detectable aluminides in the friction stir processed zone. Ke et al. [14] reported in situ formation of Al₃Ni intermetallics during friction stirring of Al substrate with nickel powder. They also reported formation of Al₃Ni and Al₃Ni₂ after heat treatment. Composite also consisted of some amount of unreacted nickel powders. Using FSP route, Qian et al. [15, 16] produced Al-Al₃Ni in situ composites and this composite had better hardness and tensile properties compared to Al substrate alone.

Impression creep experiment is an important method of mechanical characterization of surface composites [17]. It can be used to estimate mechanical properties of a small restricted volume of the material (like surface composite) at various temperature levels. The method takes smaller time duration for the test. The temperature and stress dependency of creep rate could be obtained with minimum number of samples. This method is applicable to assessing the creep behavior of the parent metal and processed zone independently [17, 18].

An attempt is being made in the present investigation to assess the creep behavior of friction stirred Al with nickel powder processed with 8 kN load at different tip rotation speed of 800 rpm. The processing parameters are entirely different compared to those reported earlier in reference [19]. Microstructural features and mechanical properties of FSP Al-Ni composite with 10 kN normal force and 1200 rpm are reported in [19]. Reduction in normal load and tool rotation speed is expected to alter the severity of the stirring, microstructural features, and mechanical properties.

2. Experimental Details

Friction stir processing is carried out on the commercial pure Al plate of 5 mm thickness. Base metal has relatively large grains (average grain size ~130 μm) without the presence of any second phase particles. Initially, the substrate surface is made rough by a friction stir pass without any powder addition. Electrolytic nickel powder is mixed with methanol to get a paste consistency and is applied to rough substrate. Coverage of the powder is approximately 1 g/cm² of the sample. The microstructure of Al base metal and morphology of the nickel powder used are given in Figures 1(a) and 1(b), respectively. The substrate along with the powder is dried and used for friction stir processing. For friction stir processing, a friction tool made from heat treated tool steel is used. Dimensions of the tool are shoulder diameter 10 mm, pin diameter 6 mm, and pin depth 3 mm. The FSP process parameters used are following: tool rotation speed—800 rpm, tool travel speed—0.3 mm/s, and axial force—8 kN.

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Using a precision sample cutting machine, the specimen is cut across the plate in the direction perpendicular to that of the run. The cut samples are polished using standard metallographic techniques and etched to reveal the metallurgical structure of the processed material. Macrostructure and microstructures are studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM, JEOL make, Model 6480 LA) with the attachment of EDS. For imaging and EDS analysis an accelerating voltage of 20 kV is used. X-ray diffractometer (JEOL make, Cu Kα radiation) is used to analyze the phases present in the materials.

The mechanical characterization of the processed zone and base metal is carried out using hardness and impression creep tests. Hardness test is conducted at different locations using microhardness tester (Make: Shimadzu, model: HMV G20ST, Load: 50 g). Impression creep tests are carried out, both at friction stir zone (FSZ) and base metal zone (BMZ) using a tungsten carbide indentor. Figure 2 shows a sketch of tungsten carbide indentor used for impression creep experiments. During experiments, the indentor is made to penetrate the sample at either FSZ or BMZ. A normal load of 5 kg is used during the impression test. On a two-millimeter diameter contact area this generates a stress of about 15.6 MPa. This stress value is smaller compared to yield strength of the aluminum [20]. During impression creep tests, the depth of the penetration of the indentor into the specimen is measured continuously using a linear variable differential transducer (LVDT). Impression creep tests are carried out for the duration of 180 minutes and it is believed that this time is sufficient to attain steady state creep conditions. Using this data a creep curve (i.e., plot of impression depth versus time) is drawn. The creep experiments are conducted at various temperatures, namely, 30°C, 100°C, and 200°C. They are used for estimating the activation energy for creep and understanding the creep mechanism. The maximum test temperature is slightly less than half of the absolute melting temperature of pure Al (193°C).

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Characterization of Friction Stir Zone

Figure 3 shows top view of the friction stir processed sample and it shows characteristic marks of the friction stir processing. Morphological features are uniform throughout the length indicating that steady state conditions are attained during friction stir processing. Figure 4 shows a macroveiw of the processed zone obtained after cutting the sample perpendicular to processed zone, polishing the cut section using standard metallographic techniques and etching to reveal the macrostructure (etchant used: Poulton’s reagent; composition: 12 mL concentrated hydrochloric acid + 6 mL concentrated nitric acid + 1 mL 48% hydrofluoric acid + 1 mL distilled water). Figure 4 clearly distinguishes FSZ and BMZ. FSZ is wider at the top and became narrower in the depth direction. The depth is much greater than the pin length used (i.e., 3 mm). Similar morphology during friction stir processing is reported in the literature by Kwon et al. [21], Oh-Ishi and McNelley [22], Leitão et al. [23], and Cui et al. [24].

In the present investigation it is found that the quality of nugget is good; there are no defects like porosity, inclusions, blow holes, or lack of bonding. The depth of the nugget is around 4.5 mm, width at the top is about 20 mm, and area of cross section of nugget is 48 mm². The friction stir zone (FSZ) has two clearly visible regions: one with onion-ring-like morphology (referred to as region I) and remaining portion in FSZ is region II. The FSZ can be thought of as the result of overlapping of material flow due to shoulder and pin. In the case of friction stir welding, the tool driven material flow is classified into shoulder driven material flow and pin driven material flow [25, 26]. Since tool features are kept similar, even in FSP, two types of friction driven material flow are expected to take place and they merge to form a FSZ. The tool geometry, axial force, tool rotation speed, traverse speed, and tool tilt angle are important process parameters which decide the heat input and material flow and in turn the quality of FSZ [2, 27, 28]. The temperature will be maximum at the tool pin-substrate interface and it drops being moved away from the interface. Depending on the temperature and plastic flow behaviour of the material, a section of the material close to tool flows. The volume of the material in this section is “action volume.” Material flow is an important reason for promoting mixing of powder. Material enters from the retreading side in to the action volume and rotates at the back of the tool. Fratini et al. [29] reported that the tool rotation drives the material from the retreating side to advancing side and the flux is intense at the back of the tool, near the shoulder. The macrostructure shows that more material flows towards the advancing side near the shoulder. This is due to confinement of the transferred material with the processing cavity. When the tool is traversed, the material in the leading edge flows via retreating side to the trailing edge. This is continuous and helps in filling the space created in the trailing edge. During this transfer process, the plasticized material flows between the tool and the relatively colder base material. The material flow at the top occurs by the sliding action of tool shoulder over the pin driven material [27, 28]. When axial force exceeds a critical value, the flow becomes intense. It is responsible for shoulder driven flow.

The macrostructure shown in Figure 4 exhibits onion-ring-like structure with in FSZ. Formation of onion ring is a geometric effect. Semicylindrical sheets of material are extruded between friction tool and substrate material, during each rotation of the tool. During tool rotation, with axial force, the pin-driven material interacts with the shoulder at the retreating side. Material, which is flowing, carries minute microstructural and flow details. Depending on the magnitudes of the pin driven and shoulder driven flow, complex lamellar or vortex-like patterns are formed. They are referred to as onion-ring pattern. The material within this region is highly intercalated, consisting of layers of materials which can be easily macroetched [27, 30]. Presence of second element particles increases the tendency for differential flow behavior, which in turn increases the contrast.

3.2. Mixing of Particles during Friction Stirring

In this particular composite, Ni is acting as particulate reinforcement and Al is the ductile matrix. From performance angle, it is desired that the nickel particles are uniformly and finely distributed in the Al matrix. SEM photomicrographs are taken at appropriate magnifications to investigate the particles’ size and their distribution. Figure 5(a) shows a low magnification micrograph from region I. Figure 5(b) is a magnified microstructure from Figure 5(a). Similarly, Figures 6(a) and 6(b) show a low and high magnification micrograph from the region marked as II in the macroview presented in Figure 4. Comparing Figures 5(b) and 6(b), we see a clear difference in the size of particles and their distribution. The particles shown in Figure 5(b) (region I in FSZ) are finer and closely spaced compared to particles in Figure 6(b). Region I is towards retreading side in the FSZ. This also indicates that stirring action is more severe in region I compared to that in region II. Several researchers have suggested that there is a difference in the metal flow behaviour between the tool retreating sides (RS) and advancing side (AS) [25, 31]. Hence, it is likely that these microstructural differences resulted from the different flow behaviour on both sides.

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Figure 7 shows XRD plot of the FSP nugget. The plot shows that nugget has the presence of Al and Ni. There are no detectable intermetallics of Al and Ni. The microstructure features and XRD plot confirm the fact that the weld nugget consists of Al and Ni. Ni is dispersed as fine particles in Al matrix. It is clear that the stirring conditions are not severe enough to facilitate the formation of Al-Ni intermetallics. It is reported that nature of interface between the matrix and reinforcement is important in deciding mechanical properties [26]. From Figures 5(b) and 6(b), we see that Al matrix-Ni particle interface is good, without any visible separation. Similar features are observed by Yadav and Bauri [13]. A good interface is very essential to strengthen the Al and to reduce the dislocation movement. There are few investigations reporting formation of Al-Ni intermetallics during FSP. Prakrathi et al. [19] and Qian et al. [15] reported formation of Al₃Ni by in situ reaction during FSP of Al with Ni particles under different stirring conditions.

During FSP, Ni particles disintegrate due to severe deformation and high temperature. Severe plastic flow with tool rotation causes fragmentation of the original Ni particles. Yadav and Bauri [13] and Fujii et al. [32] discussed how rotation speed influences the plastic flow and the heat input. As rotation speed increases, particles are reduced due to stirring effect. Material rotation in the weldment and stirring effect ensures a contamination-free surface and facilitates atom to atom contact and this promotes a good particle-matrix interface.

3.3. Estimation of Nugget Temperature

In friction stir processing, the heat is generated by the friction between the tool and the work piece, as well as a result of the plastic deformation of the work piece [33]. An attempt is made in the present work to determine the energy generated and maximum temperature obtained within the processed zone of the nugget during FSP, using a “refined energy based model.” Though the model is generated for friction stir welding [34, 35], the same can be used for friction stir processing without any modification. The values of parameters used for calculation of total power, effective energy, and maximum temperature generated within the processed zone of friction stirred samples are recorded in Table 1. It is found that the maximum temperature attained is around 548°K (275°C) for the conditions under which stirring is carried out in the present work.

Kwon et al. [21] measured temperature during friction stir processing of Al and found that the peak temperature is a strong function of tool rotation speed. As reported by them, at 560 rpm, the maximum temperature measured is 200°C. Use of a higher tool rotation speed will lead to higher peak temperature and the temperature is sufficient to promote recrystallisation [21]. Mishra and Ma [2] have reported a temperature of 550°C during FSW of 5083 Al alloy, with high tool rotation speed. Mishra et al. [36] reported a peak temperature of 480°C, in the case of friction stir welding of 6061 Al alloy and 500°C in the case of friction stir welding of 2024 Al alloy. They have used a triflute tool.

3.4. Hardness Profile

Figure 8 shows hardness profiles along two lines over the FSZ. Line 1 shows variation of hardness at a depth of 0.5 mm from the top surface, measured over an equidistance of 0.5 mm. Similarly, line 2 shows hardness variation at a depth of 1.5 mm from the top surface. The hardness profiles reveal two regions in the nugget zone: region I in which hardness values fluctuate highly and region II in which hardness values fluctuate mildly around an average value. In line 1, peak hardness is about 58 Hv against a minimum hardness of 40 Hv. In line 2, the peak value is 49 Hv against a minimum value of 40 Hv. In region II of FSZ, the increase in hardness is marginal (~10%). The values are consistent with the extent of reinforcement as seen in Figures 5(b) and 6(b). In region I, the extent of particle reinforcement is higher and the spacing between the particles is smaller. Both features promote strengthening by particles. The material flow and particle entrapment are not homogeneous as revealed in flow lines. This may be the cause of fluctuations in hardness. In region II, the extent of particle reinforcement is smaller and also the amount of defect (pores) is larger. Because of these features, observed hardness improvement is smaller compared to region I.

The literature has recorded a mixed trend as far as variation of hardness during friction processing is concerned. Many researchers have reported a drop in the hardness after friction stirring [37, 38]. In contrast to that, Kwon et al. [21] reported 37% increase in the hardness compared to the base metal and attributed that to very small recrystallised grains in the FSZ. Ke et al. [14] produced Al-Ni intermetallic composite by friction stir processing and they reported a hardness value of 53 Hv in the composite against 37 Hv in the friction stir processed Al alloy (without reinforcement). Yadav and Bauri [13] reported a hardness value of 50 Hv in the Al-Ni composite produced by friction stir processing of Al which had a hardness value of 29 Hv. In the present study, increase in hardness is attributed to combined effect of fine particles and refinement of grains in the matrix. Value of the hardness is not found to be constant and it is attributed to presence of different microstructures at different locations in the stir zone. Complex material flow pattern in the processing zone generates a gradient in temperature, strain, and strain rate across the stir zone and it leads to different microstructures at different locations in the stir zone. Qian et al. [15] reported that, for commercial pure Al, friction stirring without Ni addition has no effect on the microhardness. Significant improvement in microhardness is possible with the addition of Ni particles.

3.5. Impression Creep Behaviour

In impression creep experiments, a predetermined load is applied on the indentor, positioned at either friction stir zone or base metal zone in the sample. The penetration depth is measured continuously as a function of time and using this data a plot of penetration depth versus time is drawn. A typical impression depth versus time curve generated for base metal at room temperature (30°C) with a constant load of 5 kg is presented in Figure 9. Such depth versus time curves is generated for base metal and friction stir zones at room temperature of (30°C), 100°C, 150°C, and 200°C and is used in analysis. These curves are shown in Figures 10(a) and 10(b), for base metal and friction stir zone, respectively. For each curve, impression creep strain () is estimated at different instant of time, following the approach presented by Sastry [17]. These data are used for drawing creep strain versus time plots (i.e., creep curves). Using these creep profiles, steady state creep rates are determined as follows: where is penetration depth, is diameter of the indenter, and represents incremental creep strain in the secondary stage of the creep curve profile over the incremental time [17]. The values of steady state creep rates are estimated at different temperatures at both FSZ and BMZ. These values are presented in Table 2 and it shows that creep resistance of base metal zone is better than that of friction stir zone. Further, the creep resistance decreases or steady state creep rate increases as temperature is increased, for both BMZ and FSZ. Following observations could be made from the data presented in Table 2: (i)At all test temperatures, the steady state creep rate is lower in friction stir zone compared to that in base metal zone.(ii)For both FSZ and BMZ, the steady state creep rate increases exponentially with increase in temperature.

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Using test temperature and corresponding steady state creep rate , activation energy () is estimated: where and are steady state creep rates at temperatures and , respectively. Table 3 shows values of activation energy for the impression creep of the friction stirred zone and base metal. The value of activation energy is very small compared to the activation energy for movement of dislocations in Al as reported by Luthy et al. [39]. For high purity Al, at lower temperatures (<400°K) an activation energy in the range of 20 kJ/mol is reported by Ishikawa et al. [40] and Ueda et al. [41]. For commercial purity Al, an activation energy value kJ/mol is reported by Shen et al. [42]. Also, a low activation energy, kJ/mol, under very low strain rate conditions () is reported [42]. They pointed that, in the case of pure metals with high stacking fault energy (HSFE), dislocation cross slip is a possible creep mechanism. It is pointed that creep behavior at low temperatures and very low strain rates depends on the grain size and impurity concentration [42]. The reported kJ/mol is for average grain size of 25 μm, for a commercial pure Al. Also, it is pointed that dislocations are getting generated at the grain boundary by “Frank Reed source” and they interact with the intragranular dislocations. Continuous generation of dislocations and their interactions with the inner dislocations promote dislocation cross slip and the fact that a large number of slip systems promote jog formation and help in strain accommodation [41]. This leads to plastic strain at low temperatures and low stress values. Ueda et al. [41] reported that, at a temperature of 473°K, a normalized stress is 10⁻⁴ (approximately ~7 MPa) which could produce a steady state creep rate of 10⁻⁶/minutes. This value is slightly less than that in our results. The difference is attributed to use of higher level of stress. Also, in the friction stir zone, the SSCR is still higher and it is attributed to nonequilibrium nature in the FSP zone. Sherby and Taleff [43] reported that, at low stresses, dislocation glide and climb are the mode of plastic deformation and generally climb controls the rate. Fineness in the grain size promotes dislocation generation and the solute atoms or the second phase particle decides resistance for movement of dislocation. Carreño and Ruano [44] reported that addition of transition elements increases activation energy for creep deformation.

From the values for activation energy, it could be inferred that dislocation creep is the major mechanism of creep. So, activation energy for creep is decided by energy required to generate the dislocation and resistance offered by the matrix to the movement of dislocation. Friction stir processing has created largely a metastable condition in the zone. The thermodynamic instability increases as the speed of the processing is increased. This leads to a situation where huge number of dislocation can be readily moved by a small amount of thermal activation. For a similar reason process zone records higher rate of creep compared to Al base metal. Kwon et al. [21] reported that the FSZ has very fine recrystallised grains with very low dislocation density. As rotational speed increases, the temperature increases leading to growth of the recrystallised grains. FSP is an effective tool to reduce grain size in Al alloys via dynamic recrystallisation. A fine grain size in the range of 0.5 to 5 μm in the recrystallisated zone by many investigators [2, 3, 6]. The submicron grain structure gets stabilized in presence of submicron sized particles. The fine particles in the matrix aid in the evolution of finer grain structure during thermomechanical processing through particle pinning. It also aids in material strengthening through grain boundary strengthening [6]. Yadav and Bauri [5] reported a final grain size of 7 μm during FSP, with a relatively less normal force and slightly higher RPM. Also, FSP reduces both nickel particle and matrix grain size. Yazdipour et al. [45] reported the formation of nanograins due to dynamic recrystallisation. The size of the recrystallised grain is closely related to interaction of grain boundaries with second phase particles.

4. Conclusions

Following conclusions are drawn from this investigation.(i)A surface composite on commercial pure Al is processed using friction stir processing route. The surface consists of fine nickel particles embedded in Al matrix.(ii)Formation of friction stir zone can be explained using the concept of pin driven flow and shoulder driven flow.(iii)During friction stir processing both particle size and matrix grain are reduced. Dynamic recrystallisation of the matrix is possible due to high plastic deformation and heat generated during processing.(iv)Microstructure and particle distribution are nonhomogeneous and it is attributed to less severe processing conditions used (lower load and smaller tool rotation speed). This is reflected in the scattered microhardness values in the FSZ.(v)Compared to base metal, friction stir zone recorded higher creep rate and, for both base metal and friction stirred region, creep rate increases with increase of temperature.(vi)A low value of activation energy is observed and it is attributed to fine grain size and large amount of dislocation density in the processed zone. The value of activation energy is compared with the reported values.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding publication of this paper.

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge The Director, NITK Surathkal, for his continuous support for carrying out this work. They also acknowledge the help of Dr. G. Phanikumar and Dr. Raffi, IIT Madras, in carrying out friction stir processing work.

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