Luis Pérez, Carmelo JavierLuri Irigoyen, RodrigoLeón Iriarte, JavierPuertas Arbizu, IgnacioSalcedo Pérez, DanielPérez Ruiz, Iván2018-09-052018-09-0520141687-4110 (Print)1687-4129 (Electronic)10.1155/2014/953717https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/30510This work presents a study related to the achievement of a nanometric structure in AA3103, employing severe plastic deformation processes (SPD), in this case equal channel angular pressing (ECAP). The changes in the mechanical properties and in the microstructure of AA3103 were studied after being processed by ECAP. Subsequently, scanning electron microscopy was used to determine the evolution of the microstructure after different thermal treatments on the material processed by this severe plastic deformation process. Furthermore, a more profound knowledge of the changes in the mechanical properties of this aluminium alloy was obtained. It was demonstrated that with different appropriate combinations of thermal treatments and ECAP processing, it is possible to significantly improve the mechanical properties through obtaining submicrometric grain size structures.8 p.application/pdfengCopyright © 2014 C. J. Luis et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.AA3103Equal channel angular pressingThermal treatmentsSevere plastic deformation processesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess