Abstract (eng)
This work comprised investigations of the strength of the metals Cu, Ni, Ti, Ta, and Co after HPT deformation and subsequent heat treatment. As a measure of strength, measurements of mi-crohardness and nanoindentation were carried out. Special interest was given to the increase of hardness due to agglomeration processes of deformation induced vacancies and the subsequent evolution of hardness with further temperature increase. Except in Co, in all metals (Cu, Ni, Ti, Ta) agglomeration-induced rises in hardness could be observed. From the characteristic dependence of annealing temperature on the shear strain applied, it is concluded that in Cu and Ni planar vacancy loops have been formed, while in Ti and Ta the generation of three-dimensional vacancy clusters has been dominant. Moreover, for Cu and Ni it has been found that the temperature of hardness decrease markedly depends on the pressure which has been applied during HPT deformation. The reason for this behavior lies in the higher level of internal stresses connected with the higher pressure applied. The findings in Co could be interpreted poorly and require further investigations.