Effect of Partial Recrystallization on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties for Cross-rolled Molybdenum Sheet

The paper presented here reports an appropriate static heat treatment and analyses the microstructure with different partially recrystallized annealing temperatures of cross-rolled molybdenum sheet in order to improve mechanical property of this type of materials and reduce anisotropy at the same time for perspective application. Five different temperature ranges are chosen in this experiment. The samples of a cross-rolled molybdenum sheet are obtained through powder metallurgy, forged ingots and hot or cold rolled sheet. A period of first-stage annealing at 800°C for one hour is not qualified for the further processing because of bad plasticity, working hardening and crack on the surface. The appropriate second-stage annealing temperature at 950°C for one hour is chosen for improving the elongation and reduces yield strength. The results show that this appropriate partially recrystallized annealing treatment has achieved the ideal grain size and mechanical properties when it is compared with the other four different temperatures with the same second-stage annealing conditions.