The analysis of severely deformed pure Fe structure aided by X-ray diffraction profile

Pure Fe was severely deformed by a combination of shaped cold rolling and cold drawing. X-ray diffraction profiles analysis was applied in accordance with the Williamson-Hall (WH) and modified Williamson-Hall (MWH) methods to identify crystallite sizes of the deformed specimens. It was found that some differences exist between the results of WH and MWH procedures using the hkl dependent Young’s modulus or considering the average dislocation contrast factor. The latter method is more accurate and enables the determination of the character of dislocations in plastically deformed Fe. It was shown that by increasing deformation strain, the screw dislocations dominated. The enhancement of hardness occurs in the deformed Fe due to grain refinement, dislocation accumulation and deformation-induced vacancies.