Zr-2.5 wt% Nb alloy sheet, obtained by unfolding and straightening a pressure tube, was further cold rolled up to 39% reduction in thickness to investigate the effect of cold working on the stress (σ)-strain rate behaviour over a strain rate range of approx. 2 × 10-5 to 5 × 10-3 s-1 and a temperature range of 625 to 700°C.

Bhagwati P. Kashyap

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

IIT Jodhpur

R. Pathak

K. Narasimhan

R. Kishore

R.K. Fotedar

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Effect of prior cold rolling and test temperature on stress-strain rate behaviour of a Zr-2.5Nb alloy

Journal of Materials Science

Journal	Journal of Materials Science
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISSN	00222461