Nanoporosity of fine-crystalline aluminum and an aluminum-based alloy

The presence of nanopores formed during the equal-channel angular pressing of aluminum is revealed using small-angle x-ray scattering. The parameters of nanopores are determined, and a correlation between the level of nanoporosity and the fraction of high-angle grain boundaries is found. The data obtained indicate that the level of nanoporosity can affect the tensile durability of fine-crystalline aluminum in the creep mode. The data on the regularities in the development of nanopores under deformation of the fine-crystalline aluminum-based alloy in the superplasticity mode are obtained.